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message 1: by G.D. (new)

G.D. Spilsbury | 9 comments Hi,

Thanks so much for your help thus far! Can you please help me clean up my Goodreads appearance? I have a new book out and unfortunately I have several author names, and I'm scared no one will be able to find my book.

Gail Spilsbury, for example:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Gail Dickersin Spilsbury, for example:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

GD Spilsbury, for example:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Can you please combine all of these authors to appear under GD Spilsbury?


message 2: by Scott (last edited Jun 25, 2025 08:54AM) (new)

Scott | 9446 comments Gail Dickersin Spilsbury appears on some of your books, so I have merged the other profiles under that.

You can ask support to merge you into that profile and keep the full name, or we can add your current name to the books that have the full name (keeping the full name on the books as well.)

If you choose to keep your name as is, you should ask support to put you on the default profile.

Please do not create blank book records.


message 3: by G.D. (new)

G.D. Spilsbury | 9 comments Can you also merge all of the editions of my book so that they all appear under their proper title? Feel free to delete any unnecessary editions that I may have created my mistake.

The ones I could find include:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

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

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Thank you!!


message 4: by G.D. (new)

G.D. Spilsbury | 9 comments And can you please delete this edition?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Thank you!!


message 5: by Scott (new)

Scott | 9446 comments One of them was deleted before your request. All the rest have ISBNs so they are valid and will be kept.


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