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Issues with Quotes > Different author, same name

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message 1: by Ken (last edited Feb 01, 2014 07:44AM) (new) - added it

Ken (kendoyle) | 5 comments I'm trying to add a quote from my book, but the only options under the book name are for another author with the same name. How do I fix this?


message 2: by Gerd (new)

Gerd | 1050 comments You have to put an additional space between your first and last name to link to the correct profile.

I.e.: Ken(Space)(Space)Doyle


message 3: by Ken (new) - added it

Ken (kendoyle) | 5 comments Great, thank you!


message 4: by David (new)

David Hammond | 25 comments Wow, this is good to know, and really terrible from a UI standpoint. I would *never* have thought to try that. There really needs to be a way to disambiguate author names in cases like this.


message 5: by Ken (new) - added it

Ken (kendoyle) | 5 comments I agree, David. It drove me nuts trying...


message 6: by David (new)

David Hammond | 25 comments FYI, I added a suggestions:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


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