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message 1: by Marieann (last edited Jul 06, 2025 02:58AM) (new)

Marieann | 8 comments Hello,

With the publication of this second edition of 'A Million Specks of You', the author's name has changed from 'Marieann Joy' to 'Marieann Joy Stephen'. This is not currently reflected in the Goodreads listing for the new edition. Here is the Goodreads page this issue pertains to:

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

And here is the book's Amazon page where the author name change is seen:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Million-Spec...

Can you please update it on Goodreads? Thank you.


message 2: by Martin (new)

Martin | 36024 comments We only use the name as shown on cover. If a new edition is published showing the new name it can be given as secondary author on that edition.
The primary author on Goodreads is always the name under which the book was first published.


message 3: by Scott (last edited Jul 06, 2025 07:26AM) (new)

Scott | 9436 comments Or we can simply use the longer name; however, I see no evidence that the longer name is being used anywhere yet.

I now see from another request that your other book has the new name, so I have changed the name for both. This can be done as long as the longer name includes the shorter name in its entirety.


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