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Both in capital lettersRUBY MAE COLLINS
CLAUDIA BROOK COLLINS
compound author
Billy Aronson and Ruby Mae
Hi,The following title has been mis-attributed to another Garth Jones (I'm the actual one).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Is there a way to ensure this doesn't happen for future titles?
Thanks,
Garth
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...Not sure if it's a book at all. Certainly the spelling needs work.
Author and variants on the name
Laura Hillenbrand
Laura Hillenbrand and others Merritt Ierlay
Laura Hillenbrand;中资海派 出品
CORNWELL Patricia.Looks to belong with Patricia Cornwell.Patricia Cornwellhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Title needs tidying or merging
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
CORNWELL PATRICIA
CORNWELL Patricia -
Compound author - Ellery Queen magazineEleanor (editor) (P. D. James; Henry Slesar; Donald Olson; Jan Carol Sabin; Jon L. Breen; Flannery O
Legislature with punctuation
. New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Official Conduct
. New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Official Conduct
Commission, twiceGreat Britain. Royal Commission on the Church of England and Other Religious Bodies in Wales and Mon
Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Church of England and Other Religious Bodies in Wales and Mon
Some of these are merged authors.Mark Hamblin
Mark Hamblin; Peter Cairns
Peter Cairns
Peter Cairns & Niall Benvie
Niall Benvie
The first looks to me like a compound. The others are individuals which might fit.
Hugh Webster Martin Babb
Hugh Webster
Hugh Webster Babb
Martin Babb
Hi, This work is mine - could you please update.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Thanks,
Garth
Punctuation in name. This author has 234 books, but correcting the name might be enough.United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Now the hard part. When I input that to the search box, a long list of this author name appeared. The page link below is just the one I found first, the author link on top is the first in the list.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on Agricultural
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These seem to be the same author. And there's more than one edition of a book showing up as separate books. C Manica
C Manica
Hi,This title is attributed to the wrong Garth Jones, and is actually also a double.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Could you please remove?
Thanks,
Garth
Books by Walter Farley, will be ideal for a Librarian who loves horses.Walter Farley
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Many books are repeated due to title errors such as
The Black Stallion's Filly[ THE BLACK STALLION'S FILLY ] by Farley, Walter (Author) Jun-01-78[ Hardcover ]
The Balck Stallion
The Black Stallions and Satan ( Black Stallion # F-5)
The Black Stallions Courage
The Black Stalion
Also seeing spurious instances of the author, combined names with illustrator or co-author likely.
Walter Farley;Steven Farley
Walter Farley (Illustrated by Harold Eldridge)
Walter Farley & Stephen Farley
Walter Farley Jean Muray
This Enid Blyton book has incorrect title and there is no other instance of that title coming up. Original title
Five on a Treasure Island; now The Ma Teapot
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Laurence Yep; Ritsuko Sanbehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...The City of Dragons by Laurence Yep
unknown author
Laurence Yep
Laurence Yep Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Mary Casanova
Laurence Yep Katherine Patterson
1https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
by Kelli Stanley
unknown author
Kelli Stanley
KelliStanley
2
Title
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3
Author name in capitals
ALEX THOR
These are coming up which should be removed, most likely, or merged with this one. The Byerley Turk: The Incredible Story of the World's First ThoroughbredThe Byerley Turk: The True Story of the First Thoroughbred By: James, Jeremy March, 2007
(The Byerley Turk: The True Story of the First Thoroughbred) By: Jeremy James Mar, 2007
The Byerley Turk: The True Story of the First Thoroughbred By: James, Jeremy March, 2007
The Byerley Turk( The True Story of the First Thoroughbred) BYERLEY TURK Paperback
The Byerley Turk: The Incredible Story of the World's First Thoroughbred by Jeremy James
Shown as unknown author, author in titlehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Could merge with
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Author stated in capitals. LOCKHEED MARTIN INFORMATION SYSTEMS ORLANDO FL
Same author
Betty Ann C Lockhart
Betty Ann C. Lockhart
Betty Ann Lockhart
There's a long list of authors called . AlexanderIn this case, it's because Mrs was removed.
. Alexander
Mrs Alexander
There's also a long list of authors called Mrs Alexander, this one looks odd.
Mrs Alexander Kennedy Mrs Alexander
I don't know if there is a purpose in . before the surname, I will list them next on the basis there probably isn't.
. Alexander Jardine (Esq.). Alexander James Campbell
. Alexander Gardner
. Alexander Hamilton Institute (U.S.)
. Sir John Francis Twisden
. Sir John Oldcastle.
. Sir John Wynn
. Sir John Pentland Mahaffy
. Sir John Charles Bucknill
More sirs with a dot.. Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes.
. Sir Austen Henry Layard
. Sir Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby
. Sir Ernest Mason Satow
. Sir George Radcliffe
. Sir Richard Carnac Temple
. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
John Brady, crime author, has many repetitions in his book list.This entry for a book belongs with the one below.
John Brady John Henry Brady
John Henry Brady is the generally credited author of Clavis Calendaria, which is in the crime author's list.
The real one Dylan ThomasDylan Thomas Eugene Jolas (ed.); Franz Kafka
Dylan Thomas;
Dylan Thomas; W. Emlyn Davies
Dylan Thomas GREGG
Dylan Thomas Robert Frost
Dylan Thomas,
Dylan thomas; Norman Cameron; Frederic Prokosch; Kenneth Allott; Julian Symons; W. Empson; B. H. Gut
Dylan Thomas Odette Tchernine,
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
the author must be changed to https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Hello,My new book has been added and a duplicate profile created. I need this book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
added to my profile:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Please let me know if you need anything else from me, and thank you in advance for your help!
Hi K.T. If this is important, as a new title might be, I suggest starting a new thread for this topic, as it may be a while before a Librarian works her / his way down this list.
Good wishes for your new book.
I recently combined editions of a book. The edition listed as the default on my author profile is the wrong one, however. It's showing the one with the working cover:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
And it needs to be this one, with the official cover:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Thanks,
Heather Carter
Heather wrote: "I recently combined editions of a book. The edition listed as the default on my author profile is the wrong one, however. "Only the author can set the default cover. Instructions are in the Help section.
Author's name is in capitals. HERBERT W ERSKINE
This book by unknown author, with author's name in title. Belongs with author shown or can be deleted.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
This one by John C Meyer, also shows with John Meyer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
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This looks like publisher is credited as author. The two halves do not show up separately.
Yasutomo & Co. Japan by The Idea Company
Yasutomo & Co. Japan by The Idea Company
Michael Morpurgo is the real one.Michael Morpurgo M B E
Michael Morpurgo;
Michael Morpurgo; Gemma O'Callaghan; Shinobu Kataoka
MICHAEL MORPURGO; CHRISTIAN BIRMINGHAM
MICHAEL MORPURGO; Helen Stephens
Michael Morpurgo Ugur Onver
Michael Morpurgo; Laura Carlin; Nanae Sugita
Michael Morpurgo; Michael Foreman; Mikamu Satō
Michael Morpurgo; Michael Foreman; Nanae Sugita
Michael Morpurgo; Mikamu Sato
Michael Morpurgo; Mikamu Satō
Michael Morpurgo; Mikamu Satō; Tony Ross
Michael Morpurgo; Quentin Blake; Mikamu Satō
Michael Morpurgo A
And some stray books which belong to him.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Authors' names that have to be corrected: 1. Μαρία Βρανά - Παπάλα to Μαρία Βρανά-Παπάλα
2. Ευστρατία Βουζούλια - Περγάμαλη to Ευστρατία Βουζούλια-Περγάμαλη
3. ΠΟΠΗ ΚΛΕΙΔΑΡΑ to Πόπη Κλειδαρά
4. Ευστρατία Σταυράκη - Μπρίμπου to Ευστρατία Σταυράκη-Μπρίμπου
5. Ζωή Κατσιαμπούρα - Παπαευστρατίου to Ζωή Κατσιαμπούρα-Παπαευστρατίου
6. Ευαγγελία Μινάρδου - Αδάμου to Ευαγγελία Μινάρδου-Αδάμου
7. Ανθούλα Παρμακέλλη - Ρουμελιώτου to Ανθούλα Παρμακέλλη-Ρουμελιώτου
8. Εύα Αρβανίτη - Μιχαλοπούλου to Εύα Αρβανίτη-Μιχαλοπούλου
9. Σταματία Καραγεωργίου - Πάπιστα to Σταματία Καραγεωργίου-Πάπιστα
10. Ελένη Χατζημανώλη - Χαραλάμπους to Ελένη Χατζημανώλη-Χαραλάμπους
11. Δήμητρα – Μαρία Μουχταρίδου to Δήμητρα–Μαρία Μουχταρίδου
12. Ελένη - Χριστίνα Γκαμπούρα to Ελένη-Χριστίνα Γκαμπούρα
13. Ελένη Χριστίνα Γκαμπούρα to Ελένη-Χριστίνα Γκαμπούρα
14. Μαγδαληνή Αρτεμισία Καμπούρη to Μαγδαληνή-Αρτεμισία Καμπούρη
15. Λεία Χατζοπούλου-Καραβία to Λεία Χατζοπούλου-Καραβία
16. "Λεία Χατζοπούλου - Καραβία" to Λεία Χατζοπούλου-Καραβία
17. Lia Hatzopoulou - Karavia should be deleted as Λεία Χατζοπούλου-Καραβία is the only name written on any edition.
18. Also, you have to correct, please, that title "Όσα Ποτέ δεν Είπαμε", delete "that duplicate", but before deleting that, you have to get the ISBN!
19. Finally, in "Όσα Ποτέ Δεν Είπαμε" you have to add the main author "Νία Μαγγέλου" that is missing!
1. Φίλιππος Δ. Δρακονταειδής should be connected by hyperlinks with Philippe Dracodaidis and vice versa.2. Same for Γκαμπριέλ Γκαρσία Μάρκες and Gabriel García Márquez
3. Same for Λάουρα Εσκιβέλ and Laura Esquivel
4. Ρόζα-Μαρία Τραικόγλου to Ρόζα-Μαρία Τραϊκόγλου
Percival. RossPercival. A. S. (Archibald Stanley). 1862-
Percival. Marson
Percival. WOOD
Percival. William Spencer.
Percival. White
Percival. S. Ridsdale
Percival. Robert. 1765-1826.
Percival. Meadows
Percival. M.D Nicholson
Percival. LOWELL
Percival. John. 1863-1949.
Percival. Glenroy Ullman
Percival. Button
Percival. Bretton
Percival. Barlow
Clare wrote: "Two authors compoundedMichelle Willingham; Carol Townend"
Not even a real book, so, deleted.
Author's name in title.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Seems to be this book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The author has a few double listings of books and some with edition content in title.
George Ella Lyon
Scott wrote: "Clare wrote: "Two authors compoundedMichelle Willingham; Carol Townend"
Not even a real book, so, deleted."
Thanks, Scott!
Two books which are one book. There is at least one other cover edition than that shown. Jane Shearer Moore
Books mentioned in this topic
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The Byerley Turk: The Incredible Story of the World's First Thoroughbred by Jeremy James (other topics)
(The Byerley Turk: The True Story of the First Thoroughbred) [By: Jeremy James] [Mar, 2007] (other topics)
The Byerley Turk: The Incredible Story of the World's First Thoroughbred (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Antonio De Undurraga (other topics)José Alberto; MANTILLA ESPINOSA Fabricio GAITÁN MARTÍNEZ (other topics)
Janet Shearer (other topics)
Jane Shearer Moore (other topics)
Michelle Willingham; Carol Townend (other topics)
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James M. Owens
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David Small
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