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Sarah Hill | 20 comments This is my book and it is linked under the incorrect Sarah Hill. Please link this under my profile. Thank you so much!
https://www.amazon.com/Hanging-Stars-...


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Suzi | 8661 comments 1. I moved these books to a unique author profile.

2. You have a user profile. You can claim this by going to the author profile page here: Sarah Hill

scroll down and click on the link that says is this you?

3. There are already several authors with the same name.

4. Goodreads disambiguates between authors of the same name by using spaces before the author's last name.

5. This author profile has 4 spaces: Sarah^^^^Hill, where the ^ equals a space.

6. When publications are automatically imported from Amazon or other sources, the "handshake' between Goodreads and the other source do not recognize multiple spaces, so the work goes to the default 1 space profile. It is systemic and in no way implies that another author is claiming your work. Often when users add works, they may not be familiar with the number of spaces that this profile uses, so may only use the default spacing, and this also in no way implies that the other author has claimed your work.

7. You can post in this forum to have it moved as you have done, or you can add the book with the 4 spaces between your first and last name before publication.

8. When you ask for assistance, it is helpful to include that your author profile has 4 spaces.


Sarah Hill | 20 comments Thank you so much!


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