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Book & Author Page Issues > Removing Books that I didn't author

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message 1: by Paul (last edited Jul 03, 2025 04:41PM) (new)


message 2: by Shim (last edited Jul 03, 2025 08:06PM) (new)

Shim (slimmy) | 3582 comments Moved the fishing books and removed you from the shakespeare book.

I assume there isn't another artist with the same name as you who also happens to be a comic artist, so presumably your name has been added on those records incorrectly (and on Amazon as well, you might want to get that corrected too), and the name should be removed rather than moved to a separate author profile?


message 3: by Emily (last edited Jul 03, 2025 08:55PM) (new)

Emily | 17614 comments Shim wrote: "I assume there isn't another artist with the same name as you who also happens to be a comic artist, so presumably your name has been added on those records incorrectly (and on Amazon as well, you might want to get that corrected too), and the name should be removed rather than moved to a separate author profile?."

I would not remove an author's name from a book unless I knew for sure it was a mistake. There are many, many people who share the same name even if it seems to be an uncommon one.
It may be a publisher auto-adding author and illustrator names when they didn't have anything to do with a particular book, but we have to have proof of that.


message 4: by Shim (last edited Jul 03, 2025 11:03PM) (new)

Shim (slimmy) | 3582 comments It's unlikely there's another person with that name working in the same field AND he doesn't know of them.

No changes have been made yet.


message 5: by Emily (last edited Jul 04, 2025 09:00AM) (new)

Emily | 17614 comments Shim wrote: "It's unlikely there's another person with that name working in the same field AND he doesn't know of them.

No changes have been made yet."


Yes, I was just offering a bit of librarian advice was all. I would obviously go ahead and do one or the other if they are not this author's books.


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