Same book listed multiple times

[Lois W.]

My book Sex, Lies and Cosmetic Surgery is listed once with the pictured book cover and three times without the cover. Obviously I did something wrong! Can you please remove the listings of Sex, Lies and Cosmetic Surgery which currently appear WITHOUT the pictured covers.
Many thanks,
Lois W. Stern

[Locovilly]

I deleted 1 of them but i cant delete the one with reviews, you need super librarian for that. Probably somebody will delete it soon.

[Lobstergirl]

Right now there's a paperback and an ebook listed, no need to delete anything further.

[Banjomike]

Lois, you can claim your author profile here

[Lois W.]

I am getting a message that Lois W. is not my real first name, however I always use that middle initial. If I delete it from my first name, do I place it with my last name - i.e: W. Stern? I don't se any other place to place a middle initial

[Banjomike]

Lois W. wrote: "I am getting a message that Lois W. is not my real first name, however I always use that middle initial. If I delete it from my first name, do I place it with my last name - i.e: W. Stern? I don't se any other place to place a middle initial "

Goodreads uses first names in various messages and prompts so I expect that "first name" really does mean "first name" and everything else goes in "Last Name".

[rivka, Former Moderator]

No need to change your name. The system will give you that message when you have a middle initial, but it will allow you to submit the request anyway.

[Lois W.]

Oops, I see two different opinions above, one to keep just "lois" in the first name box and the initial "W. with Stern in the last name box; and two, that it's okay to keep Lois W. in the first name box. Does this mean that it is my preference?

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Lois W. wrote: "Oops, I see two different opinions above, one to keep just "lois" in the first name box and the initial "W. with Stern in the last name box; and two, that it's okay to keep Lois W. in the first nam..."

Rivka = goodreads staff.

The message you got is just a check built into the system in case someone accidentally clicked to claim an author profile; you can go ahead and claim without changing anything.

"Preferences" don't apply to author profiles exactly, there are policies on how author names initials, suffixes, etc. are formatted in the librarians manual. "Lois W." or "Great Poobah Snickle Glurg ..." or almost anything can be chosen to show on comments, updates, etc. -- author profile name is what shows on bookcovers adjusted to goodreads database standards.

[Lois W.]

Thanks for the clarification!