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Jun 13, 2025 10:46AM
Hi, I pulled up my 2020 edition of A Borrowed Hell and was surprised -- not in a good way -- to find two versions listed. One is correctly listed under my author name L. D. Colter (the only name I use now), and one version under L. Deni Colter. Only one novel (The Halfblood War) has ever been published under that name and A Borrowed Hell has never been linked to that pen name in any way. It now shows I have a book with 0 reviews and ratings with a name that doesn't match the cover. I'm not sure how this happened but worries me that it may happen to my other books coming out later this year. I appreciate any help in correcting this issue. Thank you for all you do.
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This request is complete.Please edit the title / subject of your post and add [done] so other Librarians know it is complete.
As for how it wound up on this page, it looks like the book was originally imported automatically from Amazon under "L D Colter" (ie without punctuation) and then another librarian moved it to "L. Deni Colter" presumably because that was the first matching name they saw at the time (back in December).
If you want to ensure your books land on the correct profile when auto-imported you would need to list your books on Amazon under "L.D. Colter" exactly, though my understanding is that it's not usually feasible to make that change. The alternative would be to make a request to add the books manually to the correct profile once you have their ISBNs/ASINs, or watch for any books imported to "L D Colter" and ask a Librarian to move them.
I see that currently the books are listed under "L. D. Colter" on Amazon, but even that would be initially imported to a different profile because of the space between the initials.
Thank you so much for the quick fix and the explanation. Yes, my author name should always be showing up as L. D. Colter -- unsure why Amazon wouldn't copy and paste, but so it goes.
By the way, looking again, I'm noticing for the first time that my profile here on Goodreads is listed as L.D. Colter with no space between the initials. If I correct that in my profile (to L. D. Colter), will it create additional issues or should I leave it as is?
L.D. wrote: "By the way, looking again, I'm noticing for the first time that my profile here on Goodreads is listed as L.D. Colter with no space between the initials. If I correct that in my profile (to L. D. C..."We do not put a space between initials on Goodreads, so do not change it.
