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The author's link you provided is actually a standard user profile. I see there's already an entry for one of your books under the name Austin Hiram Crawford Jr. (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...). I can move the other book to that same profile and then you can follow the steps to claim that as your author profile, or if you prefer I can move both books to a separate profile named Austin Crawford.
Let's go the easier route and move Lantern's Lane over to my Fighting MSA memoir under Austin Hiram Crawford Jr. I'm not sure how to claim it, but I guess I can figure that out later as long as both books and different ways to purchase them are listed under myself and not someone else. That will be fine. Will I lose my feedback? Is there any way to just copy my standard user profile and us it as my Autor profile? I apologize I'm the one who has the terminal neurological disease that's so rare there's no treatment. Imagine Parkinson's Disease and ALS at the same time. So thank you for helping me with this! Austin Hiram Crawford Jr. My late father would be proud of me to use my full name. and side note check out Fighting MSA Austin Crawford's Story on YouTube, you'll walk away a different person.
No problem, I just merged all the editions so the reviews/ratings carry over and combine as well. Now both books are under the same profile I posted above, you can claim it by following the steps outlined here: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...I did watch your documentary, inspiring for sure. Keep up the good spirits.
I noticed that both of my books are not listed under my name (Austin Hiram Crawford Jr). My books are Fighting MSA Austin Crawford's Story and Lantern's Lane, but they are listed separately under different names. How can I get both books listed properly. I can verify that I wrote them both. Please help me once again. I don't know what happened, but please help me get both books under the same name, so as not to have others searching around trying to find my books. I greatly appreciate the help in getting me started and on the right track.
Marco wrote: "No problem, I just merged all the editions so the reviews/ratings carry over and combine as well. Now both books are under the same profile I posted above, you can claim it by following the steps o..."Thank you for your help, but there's a problem still. Both books are not listed under my name and it would be great to have both Fighting MSA Austin Crawford's Story and Lantern's Lane should be together as I am the author of both.
That was already done. I see the Fighting MSA book was moved to yet another profile (Austin H. Crawford) by another librarian for some reason, but I put it back on Austin Hiram Crawford Jr.
The middle name is not needed, only the initial. Everything is consolidated now.
Alright then. Thanks, Scott.
Ok, I appreciate all the help you all have given me, but now my old account doesn't have any books and I can't claim the Author profile now. Do I need to delete my old account, the one that just has Austin Crawford and then claim the new Author's profile? Is that the proper way to go about getting this resolved. Thanks to all who have been part of this adventure. Again thank you for helping me get this resolved.Here is my author's page off of Amazon. (https://www.amazon.com/stores/Austin-...)
What old account are you referring to?Are any of these books yours?
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Your account was showing up as a user account because the primary edition of your book had "Austin H. Crawford Jr." as the author while the page you claimed does not have the “Jr”. For now I have changed it back so your page is back to showing your claimed author page. You will need to get your page name updated to match your book though.
Emily wrote: "What old account are you referring to?Are any of these books yours?
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show..."
It was first listed just under Austin Crawford. then my books were listed under some one else with same name. Then both books were listed under my full name Austin Hiram Crawford Jr. which I can not claim due to I have already claimed just Austin Crawford.
Shim wrote: "Your account was showing up as a user account because the primary edition of your book had "Austin H. Crawford Jr." as the author while the page you claimed does not have the “Jr”. For now I have c..."Thank you from the bottom of my heart. See I actually have this rare and terminal disease called MSA or Multiple System Atrophy. We actually have 2 documentaries about living my life with no cure or treatment. If you are interested there is the 1st documentary Fighting MSA Austin Crawford's Story and a full feature length movie called Driven to Help. It would be an honor if you could watch the 1st one. (it's only 15 minutes) Both are on YouTube. Thank You again Austin Crawford
I recently noticed that my two published books Lantern's Lane and Fighting MSA Austin Crawford's Story have been placed under another author named Austin Crawford profile on Goodreads. I am the author of these titles and would like them correctly listed under my author page instead of being grouped with the other Austin Crawford.
Here are the details:
My author name: Austin Crawford (also known as Austin Hiram Crawford Jr.)
My Goodreads author page: [https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...]
Books that belong to me:
Fighting MSA: Austin Crawford’s Story
Lantern’s Lane
Currently, these books are showing up under another author with the same name (incorrect profile link: [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...).
Could you please move these titles to my author profile or merge the pages so my works are correctly listed under me? (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...)
My books are (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...) and Lantern's Lane (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...)
Thank you for your help in fixing this mix-up. Please let me know if you need any verification or links to confirm my author identity.
Best regards,
Austin Hiram Crawford Jr.