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Glennon Doyle name change
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After reviewing the manual:```
Author pseudonyms/pen names
Some authors write or have written under multiple names. When editing or adding information for a book written by an author with multiple names, enter the author's name as it appears on the front cover as the primary author. The author's other names may be added in the other author fields. Additional author profiles may be linked directly from the About Me section on the author profile.
In some cases, a book may be originally published under a pen name, but then later reissued under the author's original name. When this happens, the author listed for any and all editions should be the author name the book was originally published under - so the reissued edition would need its primary author name changed to the originally published pen name, with the additional name added as secondary for all editions with it on the cover. Doing this will allow the various editions to be combined.
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It seems this is the way to do it, except that I think the second name in each instance should have a role such as "pseudonym" or "aka". I wish roles were an enum instead of free text. Is there any convention on this role?
Books mentioned in this topic
Untamed (other topics)Love Warrior (other topics)



This means the following books should have the same primary author and possible the other name as secondary.
Untamed
Love Warrior
But which name would be the correct one? Thanks for any guidance one librarian to another.