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Questions (not edit requests) > Create new author page for books linked to wrong author with same name?

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message 1: by Paul (new)

Paul Bastek | 1 comments Martin Evans (1916 – 29 December 2003) wrote books on building model live steam locomotives. Several of his books are in Goodreads linked to the wrong author. Search on "Martin Evans Rob Roy" to find two different editions of the same book (1972 and 1979). Selecting the author link takes you to a Martin Evans author page that has books from two different Martin Evans, if not more.
I did read about the number of spaces between the author's first and last names to distinguish between authors with identical names. What can I do to:
1) Create an author page for Martin Evans, model engineer
2) Add new books (it looks like I can)
3) Correct mistakes in existing books
4) Link different editions of the same book
If the directions are in the Librarian Manual, tell me and I can find the information.
Thanks,
Paul Bastek


message 2: by Scott (new)

Scott | 8860 comments I have moved the model books to the correct profile, which is here:

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

If you add any new books directly from that profile, you should be alright. Otherwise, just make sure there are two spaces between his first and last name.


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