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This book is not mine, please move it (part 7)
Thank you!! You're my hero!!Suzi wrote: "Grace wrote: "Hi there,
This is not my book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
But this is (Paper Lanterns Issue 2): https://www.goodreads...."
Hello.The following book is not mine, so I'd be grateful if you could remove it from my profile:
How to Win on the Battlefield: The 25 Key Tactics of All Time
Thank you.
Hello, I'm the editor for this book FAKING IT by Rebecca Smith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
It has been assigned to the wrong author, so please can it be removed and instead linked to this author:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...?
The paperback version too please! Thank you so much!
Hannah wrote: "Hello, I'm the editor for this book FAKING IT by Rebecca Smith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
It has been assigned to the wrong author, so please can it be removed and ..."
1. Goodreads distinguishes between authors of the same name by adding spaces between the first name and last name.
2. The Rebecca Smith who is the author of this book has 4 spaces between first and last name: Rebecca^^^^Smith, where the ^ equals a space.
Suzi wrote: "Hannah wrote: "Hello, I'm the editor for this book FAKING IT by Rebecca Smith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
It has been assigned to the wrong author, so please can it ..."
Hannah wrote: "Hello,
I'm the editor for this book FAKING IT by Rebecca Smith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
It has been assigned to the wrong author, so please can it be removed and ..."
Ah I see! How do I change this? Thank you!!
Hannah wrote: "Ah I see! How do I change this? Thank you!!"You don't need to do anything, Suzi has taken care of it.
I have removed the blurb from the description of the book as that is not allowed.
Hannah wrote: "Suzi wrote: "Hannah wrote: "Hello, I'm the editor for this book FAKING IT by Rebecca Smith: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
It has been assigned to the wrong author, so p..."
The spaces are important. Do not remove them, it will create cascading problems.
Hi Librarians, could you please delete a book that I didn't write from my author profile? I am not the author of "The Parent Split" (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...). Thank you!
Shannon wrote: "Hi Librarians, could you please delete a book that I didn't write from my author profile? I am not the author of "The Parent Split" (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...). ..."Done.
Hi guys, I've got one book on my profile that was written by a different Lauren Pearce. Please find the link below. Thanks!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Lauren wrote: "Hi guys, I've got one book on my profile that was written by a different Lauren Pearce. Please find the link below. Thanks!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4..."
done
Hi, the following book is not mine. Please remove it (again). You removed it from my shelf a few weeks ago, but it has now returned.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
On a separate issue, Last month I messaged Goodreads Help/Contact Us teams a number of times, over what I consider to be a quite serious issue. I'm getting crickets. No response. Any advice on how I might get some customer service?
David wrote: "Hi, the following book is not mine. Please remove it (again). You removed it from my shelf a few weeks ago, but it has now returned.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5......"
1. Done
2. The book you linked to was imported from Amazon less than 2 hours ago. It is not the same book, just a newer edition.
3. Goodreads disambiguates authors of the same name by adding spaces before their last name. Your profile name is the "default" profile, with 1 space between your first and last name. So every book by authors with your name will automatically land on your profile.
**a. You can ask Goodreads support to change your profile to the non-default profile.
**b. If you change profiles, you will then have to ask in this group to have any new publications of yours to be moved to it.
**c. Either keeping what you have or changing it, you will have to ask for assistance. The Goodreads Librarians are a resource for you, and moving a work takes very little time. I just wanted you to know your options.
4. Goodreads support has a significant backlog of requests since the onset of COVID-19. They are answering requests. Please be patient. Duplicate requests do not increase your response time, and often confuse the issue.
Suzi wrote: "David wrote: "Hi, the following book is not mine. Please remove it (again). You removed it from my shelf a few weeks ago, but it has now returned.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5......"
Cheers.
Hi, this book is not mine, but written by another author with my name. I'd greatly appreciate it if it could be removed from my profile. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Thank you so much!
Curtis wrote: "Hi, this book is not mine, but written by another author with my name. I'd greatly appreciate it if it could be removed from my profile. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5......"
done
Hi,This book isn’t mine; please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Thank you!
Tina Wright
Tina wrote: "Hi,This book isn’t mine; please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Thank you!
Tina Wright"
done
Suzi wrote: "Ruchi wrote: "Following two books are not mine, please remove them,1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
2) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
My author profile is
https://www.goodr..."
Oh, I don't know how this happened. In this message links have been corrected;
Following two books are not mine, please remove them,
1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
2) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
My author profile is
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Thanks and regards
Ruchi
Suzi wrote: "Tina wrote: "Hi,This book isn’t mine; please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Thank you!
Tina Wright"
done"
It is still on my profile.
Tina wrote: "Suzi wrote: "Tina wrote: "Hi,This book isn’t mine; please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Thank you!
Tina Wrig..."
It's not showing when I look at it. I don't know why you are seeing it.
I'll try something different.
Tina wrote: "Suzi wrote: "Tina wrote: "Hi,This book isn’t mine; please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Thank you!
Tina Wrig..."
Now look and let me know.
Ruchi wrote: "Suzi wrote: "Ruchi wrote: "Following two books are not mine, please remove them,1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
2) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
My author profile is
http..."
take look and see if they are gone.
Suzi wrote: "Tina wrote: "Suzi wrote: "Tina wrote: "Hi,This book isn’t mine; please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Thank y..."
You’ve fixed it. Thank you!
Suzi wrote: "Ruchi wrote: "Suzi wrote: "Ruchi wrote: "Following two books are not mine, please remove them,1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
2) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
My author pr..."
Yes, thanks so much!
Hello,The following book is not mine:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Could you, please, remove it from my profile?
Thank you
Rodrigo Vargas
Hi,There's a book added to my author profile which I did not write: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
The author of this book shares the same name, but the profile is mine.
Please remove it from my profile (https://www.goodreads.com/franciscobgm).
Thank you,
Francisco Moreira
I have tried to add my new book The Midnight Swimmng Club but for some reason it has linked my author page to another Emma Green who has several books on Goodreads. I need to have these removed from my author account.
#442 Emma wrote: "I have tried to add my new book The Midnight Swimmng Club but for some reason it has linked my author page to another Emma Green who has several books on Goodreads."You do not have an author account. I have moved your book to a blank profile which you can claim if you like.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Scroll down to where it says in small print, "Is this you? Let us know."
Goodreads uses spaces in author names to differentiate between authors with the same name. You will be Emma^^^^Green where the ^ indicates a space. Don't remove the spaces! You will have the "four space profile."
I have corrected the ASIN and publication date.
These 3 books are not mine. Please remove from my dashboard:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Emily wrote: "#442 Emma wrote: "I have tried to add my new book The Midnight Swimmng Club but for some reason it has linked my author page to another Emma Green who has several books on Goodreads."You do not h..."
Thank you so much. It already seems to have linked the book to me and there was no 'is this you' many thanks
Hi there,This book is mine but was listed under the wrong Abby. Please add it to my profile, which is Abby Knox with two spaces. Thank you so much!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Abby wrote: "Hi there,This book is mine but was listed under the wrong Abby. Please add it to my profile, which is Abby Knox with two spaces. Thank you so much!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5......"
Done.
Hi there,I'm afraid that this title has been assigned to me again. Could someone please disconnect it from my author profile again?
Thank you!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Jason wrote: "Hi there,I'm afraid that this title has been assigned to me again. Could someone please disconnect it from my author profile again?
Thank you!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5......"
This was an automatic import, and a different edition from the previous works.
done
Hi. These books aren't mine. Please remove. Author link below. Thanks heaps!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
AUTHOR LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Leah wrote: "Hi. These books aren't mine. Please remove. Author link below. Thanks heaps!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
h..."
done
Hello! (Not sure this is the right place - first time here but:This book isn't mine. Can you please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Thanks!
Chris wrote: "Hello! (Not sure this is the right place - first time here but:This book isn't mine. Can you please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Profile:
htt..."
done
Suzi wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hello! (Not sure this is the right place - first time here but:This book isn't mine. Can you please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2......"
Thanks so much, Suzi. I see you are also librarian on combining editions. I just posted a comment there asking for help but can't figure out how to add it as a separate comment so think it went in as a reply to another comment. Can you help?A bit lost here.
Chris wrote: "Suzi wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hello! (Not sure this is the right place - first time here but:This book isn't mine. Can you please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2......"
Seems Scott has combined them. Will keep an eye out, Thanks for help!
Chris wrote: "Chris wrote: "Suzi wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hello! (Not sure this is the right place - first time here but:This book isn't mine. Can you please remove it from my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/bo..."
Chris, go to this link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
and start a new thread. That way all of your issues can be addresses at one time.
Hi! Could someone create a separate profile for my author page? I published a story recently and someone has the same name as me, and it landed on their author page.This is my book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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This is my author dash https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
These two books are not mine:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.g..."
Done