Remove an invalid book from this series

[Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!*]

Please remove the last book from the series "Forgotten Realms: The Harpers Series"
https://www.goodreads.com/series/41679-forgotten-realms-the-harpers

The erroneous book is Rise of the Blade by Charles Moffatt. It looks like an author added his self-published book to this series. It is not an official entry published by TSR or Wizards of the Coast. This is obvious from the cover art and the book data. Thanks!

[Emily]

Authors do not have the ability to add books to a series. I have taken out the book number of 17, but I did not remove the book since it is set in the same universe. If you have legal or copyright issues, you have to contact Support:
https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...
Or you can email them:
support (at) goodreads (dot) com

[Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!*]

Thanks. That makes it sound, though, like I can self-publish some Harry Potter fan fiction then have it listed under https://www.goodreads.com/series/45175-harry-potter

[Emily]

Since this was not originally fan fiction, I would rather leave the decision to a Goodreads staff member.

According to the author's website and the explanation in the self-published pdf of the book, it was originally written for the series officially, and it was subsequently not picked up as official when the series changed ownership. (That was my interpretation, so it could be wrong.) That's why I would rather Support make the call as they are in charge of handling copyright and legal issues.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Marc wrote: "Thanks. That makes it sound, though, like I can self-publish some Harry Potter fan fiction then have it listed under https://www.goodreads.com/series/4517..."

That's rather different, as the HP books have never been a shared universe among multiple authors.

[Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!*]

Thanks for the responses, I appreciate your input too.