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message 1: by William (new)

William Cod | 8 comments The author of this book is William Codfish, not William Cod,
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

The name in the cover was a typo. It is the same author for these ones in the link

https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...

Here is the inside of the book https://photos.app.goo.gl/p6bVP2LNer6...

Additional question: how can I claim the ownership of the author, since I am the author?


message 2: by Shim (last edited Mar 13, 2026 12:52PM) (new)

Shim (slimmy) | 4800 comments Goodreads' policy is to set the author based on the book cover.

You can claim the author page using the link at the bottom where it says "Is this you? Let us know." You can find more information about the Goodreads Author program here.

If you run into any issues claiming your account, please reach out to Goodreads Support. Goodreads Librarians are not involved in this process and have no way to resolve issues related to claiming accounts.

Once you've claimed the page, if you want to request a name change you can do that through Goodreads Support as well.

If you want to claim the William Codfish profile as well (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...) you can do that using a separate account. Or claim one and send a request to Goodreads Support after to merge them.


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