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Book & Author Page Issues > Several of my books are listed under another account that is not mine but has my name

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message 1: by P.D. (last edited Sep 20, 2025 05:28AM) (new)

P.D. Alleva | 8 comments I have a new series titled The Sleepy Hollow Incident: A Gothic Tale. There are five books in the series. Books One through Four and an Omnibus with the complete novel. I just submitted the covers on Amazon yesterday and when I went to add the books to my Goodreads Author Account, Goodreads (for some reason I'm not aware of) already has the books listed under my name, but with a different account under the same name. my real account is P.D. Alleva, and the other account with the books listed is PD Alleva. I also find it funny that there are more than a few of my other books listed on this other account too. I don't know where that other account came from. How do I claim my books to bring over to my real author profile and how is it even possible that the books came over to Goodreads already? I also see that the arc team I put together is already starting to add reviews to the book page so I need those reviews to come over too. I also need to add the covers to all the books.

Here is the link to the amazon series page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFTGYH9X

And a link to my Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/P.-D.-A...

• Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... • Goodreads Link:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...• Goodreads Link:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...• Goodreads Link:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...• Goodreads Link:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Also, whatever this other PD Alleva account is, needs to be wiped off Goodreads and whatever reviews are on the account need to be brought over to my real account. I'm not sure how there can be a phantom account with my books listed on it. Most of the books on the phantom account are also on my real account so I'm not sure how that happened either. I've added details about each book below.

Thank you,

PD Alleva


message 2: by Scott (new)

Scott | 9270 comments The solution to the mystery is really quite simple; your name is PD Alleva on Amazon. Correct it there and you won't have this problem any more.


message 3: by P.D. (new)

P.D. Alleva | 8 comments Scott wrote: "The solution to the mystery is really quite simple; your name is PD Alleva on Amazon. Correct it there and you won't have this problem any more."

Thank you for the information, but my name is listed on my Amazon Author Page as P.D. Alleva


message 4: by Scott (new)

Scott | 9270 comments Look at the book pages.


message 5: by P.D. (new)

P.D. Alleva | 8 comments you're the man, thank you Scott. They are all there now, but how do I update the covers?


message 6: by Scott (new)

Scott | 9270 comments A staff member has corrected the names on here.

Kindle covers should update automatically. For physical formats, you can add an alternate cover edition via the small button at the top of each book page.


message 7: by P.D. (new)

P.D. Alleva | 8 comments understood. thank you very much for all your help. do you know typically how long it takes for the kindle covers to update?


message 8: by Scott (new)

Scott | 9270 comments I don't know. You can ask support if they can provide detailed information.


message 9: by P.D. (new)

P.D. Alleva | 8 comments done. thank you for everything.


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