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message 1: by kirill. (new)

kirill. (kkka) | 7 comments Hello!

Today I discovered that Amazon has a series about Moomin in Kindle format in Russian. But the author is listed in russian too – Туве Янссон. So there appeared a separate page of the author – Туве Янссон

Is that possible to merge this author page with the general Tove Jansson page?

Also all russian Moomin books on Amazon has a their own book profiles (not an editions) on goodreads, like:

Маленькие тролли и большое наводнение = The Moomins and the Great Flood

Когда прилетит комета = Comet in Moominland

Шляпа Волшебника = Finn Family Moomintroll

Мемуары Муми-папы = Moominpappa's Memoirs

Also sorry for my english :)


message 2: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16372 comments kirill wrote: "But the author is listed in russian too – Туве Янссон. So there appeared a separate page of the author – Туве Янссон

Is that possible to merge this author page with the general Tove Jansson page?"


Author profiles in different languages/alphabets should *never* be merged. Readers need to be able to search (and find) the author name as it appears on the cover of their book.


message 3: by kirill. (new)

kirill. (kkka) | 7 comments for example – i bought an kindle edition of 'The Moomins and the Great Flood' on russian. then i open book on kindle and turn on 'check book as currently reading on goodreads' switch. but in my profile appear Маленькие тролли и большое наводнение, not a The Moomins and the Great Flood.

so i wanted to know what to do with that different books profiles – add books with just a couple checkins from Туве Янссон page as another edition to a matched books in Tove Jansson page?


message 4: by Elizabeth (Alaska) (last edited Feb 18, 2019 01:52PM) (new)

Elizabeth (Alaska) Tove Jansson needs to be added as primary author and editions combined. Your bookshelves will still show the edition you have shelved, but the author will be Tove Jansson. And thank you for providing the English language translations so that I can combine them correctly.

working on.

Got the 4 titles in Post #1. If there are others, let us know.


message 5: by kirill. (last edited Feb 18, 2019 11:16PM) (new)

kirill. (kkka) | 7 comments Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Tove Jansson needs to be added as primary author and editions combined. Your bookshelves will still show the edition you have shelved, but the author will be Tove Jansson. And thank you for providi..."

that's exactly what i meant, big thanks!

find another titles:

Зима Муми-тролля = Moominland Midwinter
Невидимая девочка и другие истории = The Invisible Child and The Fir Tree
Папа и море = Moominpappa at Sea


message 6: by Sandra (new)

Sandra | 31626 comments #5 kirill, got the 1st one, however, the 2nd one isn't the same so we can't combine it. Got the 3rd one.


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