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message 1: by John (new)

John Woodman (johnmwoodman) | 2 comments I hae a new book. Is there a way I can add a new book to my author page myself? I don't see any way, or how to do so.

Author page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

New book:

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

Also, is there a way the cover image can be added to the book?


message 2: by Z-squared (last edited Dec 04, 2014 09:49PM) (new)

Z-squared | 8575 comments Hi John,

Goodreads uses extra spaces to disambiguate authors with otherwise identical names. The profile you claimed is John^^Woodman where ^ is a space. The extra space is necessary to ensure that your books end up on your profile and not any other John Woodman profile. Unfortunately, other databases don't use the same system. When the Goodreads database gets automated updates from these other sources, any books not already on your profile will be added to the default, single-space profile. When this happens, just do what you already did this time and post here for help from a librarian.

I have added the extra space to your book for you, and now it's on your profile. I have also uploaded the cover from Amazon for you.


message 3: by John (new)

John Woodman (johnmwoodman) | 2 comments Thanks very much, z-squared. I appreciate it!!


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