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My name is being spoofed
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I checked a few books, they are imported with this name from Amazon, so no person on Goodreads is involved.The author name/pen name that is used is not a reason to consider these works as invalid works.
Renske wrote: "I checked a few books, they are imported with this name from Amazon, so no person on Goodreads is involved.The author name/pen name that is used is not a reason to consider these works as invalid..."
They are not on Amazon. The links go to pages that do not exist. The author/pen name that is used is a reason to consider these "works" as invalid. These are not books. They are covers of magazines. There are no "books" associated with these items.
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Different authors frequently have the same name. Having an uncommon name makes that less likely, but not impossible.
They are not books out of print. They are duplicated covers of magazines. What do you think the chances are of there being two R.W. Spryszaks in the world, two people with the same initials and the same last name, and two people styling their pen name the same (except for periods)?This is hilarious.
A funny prank is turning into an even funnier exercise in just how obtuse people can be. Lol. :-)
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
But my author page is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
I sent a help request to support and they basically said it's two different authors, but if I needed help on this to post something to the librarians group. Which, I expect, will send me back to Support. :-) ?
Somehow I doubt there is another RW Spryszak in the world but hey - if there is we're probably related. However, I'd say the chances are pretty slim. Is there any way to delve a little deeper into which one of my pranking friends did this and/or take it away? It is not connected to any books, but shows magazine covers for which there are no corresponding links. It's a funny prank, but is very weird.
Help?