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message 1: by Sarah (last edited Jan 20, 2025 09:06AM) (new)

Sarah | 1535 comments I feel stupid for even asking this but two different staff members have basically told me I'm wrong so I want to check with you.

I noticed that the displayed name on my shelves for the below author is "Krimmer, DJ".
When I noticed it, I contacted support and asked them to correct it to "Krimmer, D.J.".

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

First one staff member said that according to the manual it should be the same as what it appears on the book cover.
I insisted that it should be "Krimmer, D.J." when displayed on shelves.
The second staff member said it appears without punctuation for technical reasons.
I insisted again, sending links to other authors author pages and referred them to when they did change it on an other author just the other day. I also provided print screens of what it looks like on my shelves with other authors with their names in a similar way as proof.
I haven't heard back yet.

Am I in the wrong here?


message 2: by Scott (new)

Scott | 8640 comments Initials should be punctuated on Goodreads.


message 3: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1535 comments Scott wrote: "Initials should be punctuated on Goodreads."

Thank you!


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