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[Closed] Added Books/Editions > Adding my upcoming book to my profile

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message 1: by Michael (new)

Michael Murphy (mmurfy) | 2 comments My upcoming novel, The Yankee Club is on Goodreads but doesn't show up on my Profile as one of my books. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

I think it's listed as a book by the other Michael Murphy author. Can someone help? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...


message 2: by Z-squared (new)

Z-squared | 8575 comments Got it. FYI, Goodreads uses extra spaces to disambiguate authors with otherwise identical names. You are Michael^^Murphy, where ^ is a space. The extra space is necessary to get books directed to your profile correctly. But the downside of this system is that no other database uses this system, so when bulk imports of books come into Goodreads, they use a single space, and your books end up on the default (single space) profile. If this happens again, feel free to post again to the librarian's group to have the book moved. Alternatively, you may want to be more proactive about adding editions to Goodreads yourself (with the extra space in your name) before an automated import can mess it up.


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