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Book & Author Page Issues > Book linked to wrong author, series, and illustrator

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message 1: by Ben (new)

Ben Crane | 7 comments My upcoming book is linked to an incorrect author who shares my name.

Book listing: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

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

I also don't know how to add this book to its series, if somebody could help with that. It should be in this series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/3721...

Lastly, the illustrator of the previous book in that series, who has returned for this book, has changed their name between the two, and the book is being attributed to the wrong person for them as well.

Correct profile page for the illustrator: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Is there any way to change the name on that profile to the illustrator's correct name, Andy Alves?

Many thanks!


message 2: by Liralen (new)

Liralen | 8262 comments Moved to your profile, added the cover and description, and updated the series page. It might take a while for updates to show.

We can't change the illustrator name on the first book because it has to match what's on the cover. We could add Andy Alves to the first book in addition to their previous name. Alternatively, if they'd like to contact Support (https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...), it's sometimes possible to make an exception (that's just a higher decision-making level than volunteer librarians can help with).


message 3: by Ben (new)

Ben Crane | 7 comments Thank you! I just submitted a Support ticket about changing their name. If they reject that, then I'll reach back out about getting Andy added to book 1 under a separate profile.


message 4: by Ben (new)

Ben Crane | 7 comments Unfortunately, support was not able to help.

Could you add Andy Alves as an illustrator on Book 1 as a new creator profile, NOT the profile that Book 2 is currently linked to, which is an incorrect profile, and then link Book 2 to this new profile?

If it helps to have an "official" source for all this, here is the publisher page with Andy's correct name listed for both books. https://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog...

Thank you so much!

Book 1: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Book 2: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Incorrect Andy Alves profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...


message 5: by Liralen (new)

Liralen | 8262 comments Added Andy Alves and disambiguated the author profile. It might take a while for updates to show.


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