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message 1: by Laura (new)

Laura | 3 comments There are 2 Susan Kaye in Goodreads, one is a Jane Austen writer, the other writes about Colorado. However the latter, has Jane Austen ebooks in her profile that belong to the other Susan Kaye.

https://susankayewriter.wordpress.com/

Here is the Jane Austen writer's webpage where you can see her ebooks/short stories and her 2 novels.

The ebooks need to be moved to from here
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...


to
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show....

How do I do this? I'm a Librarian but I haven't found the info telling me how.

TIA


message 2: by David (last edited Apr 12, 2017 07:48AM) (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 12979 comments GR disambiguates using extra spaces in the name.

The former is Susan^Kaye and the latter is Susan^^Kaye (^ stands for space).

So you need to add a space for the books that belong with the latter.


Morgan (The Bookish Beagle) (morganameridius) | 4 comments Hello, I have a similar question and am also a Librarian who hasn't managed how to differentiate between two authors of the same name. How can I see what the spaces in a name are?

Transformed needs to be moved from here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
to here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

thanks very much!


message 4: by David (new)

David Raz (davidraz) | 12979 comments Perhaps there is a better way, but what I do is I edit one of the books and see how many spaces there are.


Morgan (The Bookish Beagle) (morganameridius) | 4 comments David wrote: "Perhaps there is a better way, but what I do is I edit one of the books and see how many spaces there are."

I'll try that, thank you!


message 6: by Abcdarian (new)

Abcdarian | 26579 comments #1: Laura, you have to make the change on all editions of each book. Fixed.


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