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Amit Vaidya | 3 comments Hello, I have just searched for my new memoir to see if it has been listed on Goodreads yet and seen that is listed under the wrong Author.

Could you please correct this and add to my Author name.

The confusion I think comes from the other Author having the same name as me.

The book is currently listed under this Amit Vaidya
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

It should in fact be listed under my name:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/dash...

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

Thank you


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Abcdarian | 26579 comments The problem is that your author profile has your name as "Amit Vaidya Forever Roaming the World" rather than just Amit Vaidya.


Amit Vaidya | 3 comments Amit wrote: "Hello, I have just searched for my new memoir to see if it has been listed on Goodreads yet and seen that is listed under the wrong Author.

Could you please correct this and add to my Author name..."


Abcdarian wrote: "The problem is that your author profile has your name as "Amit Vaidya Forever Roaming the World" rather than just Amit Vaidya."

Yes I had to add my name like that to stop confusion with the other 'Amit Vaidya' - there was no issue with my previous book. Can this listed be corrected and put under my name please


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Abcdarian | 26579 comments I have put an extra space on the other author profile to move him. If you change your name back to Amit Vaidya now it should be ok and we can move your book.


Amit Vaidya | 3 comments Abcdarian wrote: "I have put an extra space on the other author profile to move him. If you change your name back to Amit Vaidya now it should be ok and we can move your book."

Hi, sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I've been travelling and not had internet access - I have changed my name back to just Amit Vaidya now. So the book should be listed back under my name soon?


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Scott | 8834 comments I have moved it to your profile.


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Kate Kelly (kate_in_kc) | 3 comments Okay, this has happened yet again. I'm Kate Kelly, who wrote Crossing Lines - the book with the police tape and black background. It is being attributed to the wrong author, which has already happened with a previous book of mine.

Please fix this because I'd like my proper book attributed me to.

WRONG ATTRIBUTION https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

The "Crossing Lines by Kate Kelly" with the blank cover is what I tagged as mine before the book came out, but of course now I can't seem to delete that from my author page, either.

I'm agitated that your website keeps misattributing my work to other authors, so if we could fix this ASAP, that'd be great.


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Scott | 8834 comments Kate wrote: "Okay, this has happened yet again. I'm Kate Kelly, who wrote Crossing Lines - the book with the police tape and black background. It is being attributed to the wrong author, which has already happe..."

The website has no way of knowing which of the many Kate Kellys each book belongs to. I have moved the book to your profile. In the future, start your own thread instead of using one about another author's book.


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