Pen name change

[Hedonist]

Hello,

I'm in the process of rebranding myself as an author. My books, which were previously published as "Hedonist Six" are being changed over to my new pen name, L. Moone.

The following books are already live on Amazon as L. Moone and I was able to add new cover editions with the proper new author name as well:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

These books didn't allow me to add a new edition (stating I need to have librarian status):
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Yet more books from my current Hedonist Six author profile are at the moment unpublished or no longer relevant, so I haven't changed those over to the new name yet.

I was unable to change the name of my profile to match the change, though I did change my bio, image and website (blog). Could someone help me sort this all out? Perhaps I've gone about this the wrong way, but I couldn't find any proper instructions for changing one's pen name.

Thanks so much!
Lorelei

[rivka, Former Moderator]

All books originally published under Hedonist Six will need to have that as their first listed author, on all editions. Please see: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/... (See: Author pseudonyms/pen names)

For books published under multiple versions of the author's name or published under multiple pseudonyms: The first author listed for any and all editions should be the author name the book was originally published under - so the reissued edition would need its primary author name changed to the originally published pen name, with the additional name added as secondary for all editions with it on the cover. Doing this will allow the various editions to be combined.

As far as your author profile, you have two main options:
1) Use the Contact Us page to request that your account be moved from the Hedonist Six author page to the new L. Moone author page.
2) Create a second Goodreads account (with a different email address) and use it to claim the L. Moone author page. This will give you more control, but means having two different logins.