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message 1: by Suz (last edited May 09, 2014 04:42PM) (new)

Suz | 41 comments I have read the GR Lib Man on the section of pen names, especially "In some cases, a book may be originally published under a pen name, but then later reissued under the author's original name. When this happens, the author listed for any and all editions should be the author name the book was originally published under - so the reissued edition would need its author name changed to the originally published pen name." and also "The author's other names may be added in the other author fields."

Most of Alicia Nordwell's stories were first published under the pen name of Cia (http://www.gayauthors.org/author/cia) or variations of Cia, such as Cia81(http://www.literotica.com/stories/mem...). Based on the GRLB excerpts above, I changed Alicia Nordwell to Cia_ on all applicable books, such as Pricolici http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...) and The Experiment (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...) to combine the different editions that this author has published (i.e. books, online stories).

Some of these changes have been reversed so I'm wondering if I have misinterpreted how this should be done? If a story is first posted as an online story under a pen name then later is published in ebook form under another pen name, shouldn't the first pen name be used as the main author and the second pen name then placed as an alternate author so that the newer edition can be combined with the older edition? Is the posted online story considered the first publishing even though it's not exactly an (e)book?

If what I did was correct, are my change notes not detailed enough or maybe not placed in the appropriate section?

If I have done this incorrectly, let me know and I'll be happy to reverse all changes I have done so that someone else doesn't have to do my work.


message 2: by Sandra (new)

Sandra | 31413 comments Suz, not sure but it might have something to do with her being a GR author.

I'll be interested to see what the Supers say :)


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