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message 1: by Chrissie (last edited Apr 21, 2021 07:06AM) (new)

Chrissie Whitley (chrissiewhitley) | 3 comments I am not sure how to repair this issue — Aidan/Aiden Kelly is an audiobook narrator. The problem comes in that not only is his name similar to other names on here to a few authors, but his name has been spelled two different ways on the actual audiobook cover art — when it's clearly the same voice.

For instance on Himself, the cover lists his name as "Aiden Kelly," and Days Without End has it as the other "Aidan Kelly." And sometimes the cover doesn't have it listed at all, but the audiobook pages (Audible, Libro.fm, etc.) have the same issue with the two spellings. A slight difference, but an issue when correctly pointing his work (now and in the future) to the correct page.

I cannot find a profile page for him outside of the gobbled mess on GR — though there is an actor who works with the National Theatre and other work, but I cannot verify that this guy is also the audiobook narrator.

Needless to say, I doubt he's also the author where he some entries have pointed, here (Aidan Kelly) and here (Aiden Kelly).

I started directing the ones with an 'e' here:
Aiden Kelly

...but then the task felt like something to halt until I figured out the rest.

What's the protocol (if one has been established) for when a narrator/author has a "misspelled" name on the actual cover — thus pointing people to the wrong person when entering that new title in to GR or thinking it's pointing to the wrong person when they compare the link to the cover? Two profiles and a link from one to the other as though it were a pseudonym?


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