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message 1: by S. (new)

S. Martinez | 3 comments Hello, I recently joined goodreads as an author. I have several titles under my correct name, but a few are under different versions of my name. If anyone could help me out with correcting this.

My name should be: S. Alessandro Martinez

These are the titles using my incorrect name:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

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

And this one only shows one author, which is strange since it's an anthology. But I am in it as well.

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


Thanks for any help!


message 2: by Lieke (new)

Lieke | 4925 comments Changed your name on the two books and added you to the other one.
If someone feels like it there are many more that can be added.


message 3: by S. (new)

S. Martinez | 3 comments Lieke wrote: "Changed your name on the two books and added you to the other one.
If someone feels like it there are many more that can be added."


Thank you so much!


message 4: by [deleted user] (new)

I'll post in the "looking for project?" folder in case someone wants to work on those contributors.


message 5: by Lieke (new)

Lieke | 4925 comments Thank you Corinne, I didn't think of that


message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

Lieke wrote: "Thank you Corinne, I didn't think of that"

I just saw it recently started so maybe you hadn't come across it yet. Doesn't seem to be too popular but you never know if someone wants to work on it.


message 7: by Jamal (new)

Jamal | 3 comments I don't know how to correct all the 30 something books on my list that I am not the author. I see this is a reoccurring problem with goodreads and it's not fair that we have to go through so many mechanization to get them removed. They should have never been assigned to us in the first place. I saw that we should list each one and send a message. That's impossible when someone like me has over 30 books misaligned to my account. I am at wits end to get this corrected. Why can't there just be a delete app to the listings?


message 8: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Jamal, as was previously suggested, you will need to use the Contact Us link on the Help page to request assistance getting moved off of the default profile together with your books.


message 9: by P.J. (new)

P.J. Fiala (httpwwwgoodreadscompjfiala) | 4 comments My author name is PJ Fiala. A long time ago, a reader added a profile of me and reviewed a few books as P.J. Fiala (periods between my initials). Now when readers are searching for me, I come up as both. Is there a way to merge these two profiles? I appreciate it.


message 10: by Jamal (new)

Jamal | 3 comments rivka wrote: "Jamal, as was previously suggested, you will need to use the Contact Us link on the Help page to request assistance getting moved off of the default profile together with your books."

Dear rivka, I feel like this information I'm getting is a run-around. I simply want to delete books listed to me. I'm told to go to contact and then help page, but it just leads to another conversation going nowhere. Of the 42...42 books listed to me ONLY 7 are books I've authored. I tried to list the wrong books one at a time and it's taken me forever to call them up, get their asin numbers to forward. I have only made it to the first TEN wrongly listed books. At this pace it will take me forever and I'm still working on my new books.

Here are the Asin numbers for the first ten incorrect books:
B01HAGP23
B01GADLMA2
B01H1BCWMC
B01HAFH1PM
B01H20J43A
B01H11HXK6
B01GKHFUGH
B01HA6Q74S
B01H1DCFMW

That is just the first ten! I have about 25 more to go!

Please help


message 11: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
The contact link: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...

is a form. You need to fill it out and click SEND. No need to list the books that are not yours; just the ones that are, and request that they be moved to a new author profile.


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