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Book & Author Page Issues > My Novel title changed Randomly, and I'd like it fixed.

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message 1: by Matthew (last edited Aug 09, 2025 12:19PM) (new)

Matthew Francis | 1 comments Hello Friends!

My novel "Scraps: A Gay Skateboarding Romance Novel" by Matthew Francis (Me) has been on Goodreads for about 6 months now and it has been great from the start, but just earlier this week it somehow just got cut off to "Scraps" Can this be fixed? I do believe my novel needs to full descriptors for help and I want the title too match how it is on other platforms. Can I please have a librarians help to fix it?

Here is the current listing to correct: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Current incorrect title: Scraps
Correct desired title: Scraps: A Gay Skateboarding Romance Novel

Thank you!


message 2: by Scott (last edited Aug 09, 2025 03:46PM) (new)

Scott | 9257 comments Scraps is the correct title. Descriptive things go in the description.


message 3: by Dobby (new)

Dobby (dobby0390) | 7869 comments Goodreads policy is that "A Novel" descriptors are not considered allowable subtitles in the catalog. For details, please see Librarian Manual: Book edit page – the title field - subtitle

As Scott mentioned, you may put "A Gay Skateboarding Romance Novel" in the description if you wish. Librarians (and authors) are required to follow the procedures set forth in the Librarian Manual.


message 4: by Scott (new)

Scott | 9257 comments I would say it is already evident in the description.


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