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message 1: by E. (new)

E. Hughes | 12 comments I combined Disappear, Love, but the old cover appears. The 2nd edition has some additional text that is in the book that the first edition doesn't have, so I think the copies should be separated.

Otherwise, the first edition for Disappear, Love should have the cover replaced with the new edition since the old edition can no longer be purchased. The same goes for The Sapphire Chronicles, an old obsolete cover is being used. It can no longer be purchased so can the correct cover represent the books? Thanks.


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Monique (kadiya) | 1097 comments E.,

There can be some differences between a first and second edition of a book (and have them still combined), they just cannot be substantially different. It sounds to me like they are more correctly kept combined.

As for the covers, we do not replace cover art that is published. It affects every user who shelved that edition. Instead we make alternate cover editions. That seems to be already handled, so you can set the new editions as primary (what comes up in searches), but following the steps outlined in the link below:

https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/3...


message 3: by E. (new)

E. Hughes | 12 comments very helpful, thanks!~ :)


message 4: by E. (last edited Jan 14, 2014 02:00PM) (new)

E. Hughes | 12 comments Hi Monique, ran into one more issue... I'm the author of this book, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... but it does not allow me to make it the primary edition. Any reason why I am unable to edit my novel? I write under the pen name Sophie Lace in addition to my given name, E. Hughes


message 5: by Monique (new)

Monique (kadiya) | 1097 comments E.,

You're welcome.

The reason you cannot set that as the default edition is because only the author, using the author account, can set an edition as the primary (well, except for Goodreads employees). Since you have not taken control of the Sophie Lace author account, you can't currently set default editions for works under that name.


message 6: by E. (new)

E. Hughes | 12 comments So do I need to create an account for Sophie Lace? What is the solution to this issue?


message 7: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
If you want to claim a second author profile, you will need a second Goodreads account, with a different email address than the one you have already.


message 8: by E. (new)

E. Hughes | 12 comments thanks Rivka and Monica for your help! Very much appreciated...


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