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Apocalypse Later: A guide to the end of the world by Nice Mr Death
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message 1: by Mark (new) - added it

Mark Speed (markspeed) | 10 comments Hi,
When the above book was added (at my request) to my author profile, my profile was changed to 'Mark F. Speed'. This is now preventing me from adding my other books, as they're attributed to 'Mark Speed' only. Apocalypse Later is the only work I've published under 'Mark F. Speed'. In addition to existing titles under 'Mark Speed', I'm about to publish a five-volume series. What's the best solution to get around this?
Many thanks for you help,
Mark Speed


message 2: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
It does not appear that any version of your name is on the cover of either of the books already listed on Goodreads. Is that correct?


message 3: by Mark (new) - added it

Mark Speed (markspeed) | 10 comments Hi Rivka,

Many thanks for stepping in - I see the title is now listed under my author profile. Apocalypse Later is purportedly written by 'Nice Mr Death', so it was entered into Goodreads under that author's name. One of your colleagues kindly reattributed it to me.

When I uploaded the cover for Britons in Brief it was the wrong one, and I will rectify that in the next day.

I don't want to waste any Librarian time by generating more queries. I have a number of other books to add to Goodreads. Should I edit to the author's name to Mark F Speed before doing so? Or should I keep them under Mark Speed? I'd much prefer the latter because my website is under that simple name.

Again, many thanks for your help and guidance,
Mark


message 4: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Since none of the covers have your middle initial, and it's not needed for disambiguation, it should be ok to have all your books under Mark Speed. I have edited your profile to that, so if books are added with Mark Speed, they should show up there.


message 5: by Mark (new) - added it

Mark Speed (markspeed) | 10 comments Rivka, again many thanks for your timely and excellent help. The profile change back to 'Mark Speed' is definitely the easiest solution - it's been my website for eight years, my stage name, etc.

Best wishes,
Mark


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