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message 1: by Nóinín (last edited Mar 21, 2019 10:56PM) (new)

Nóinín (fagurfifill) | 21 comments Hi, I'm wondering what is the policy regarding books actually published under a wrong author name? You see this happen with public-domain books, which virtually anybody can publish any way they like, even with the wrong author's portrait image on the front cover - recent example:
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

I've already changed the author for this one and left a librarian's note, was that the right thing to do?


message 2: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16359 comments (Very late reply:)
I think, since Rudyard Kipling appears on the cover, he should be added as a secondary author, even though he did not write it (which the librarian note makes clear).


message 3: by Emy (new)

Emy (emypt) | 5037 comments Sadly I agree with you lethe, that we need to add Kipling onto that record. Yuck :(


message 4: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16359 comments Emy wrote: "Yuck :("

Yuck indeed :(


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