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message 1: by Lenore (new)

Lenore Wolfe | 7 comments i have taken a pen name due to personal issues. I have changed everything, successfully, to Lenore Wolfe, but would like to make sure you don't see Lenora Porch on anything other than the personal part of my profile.

Thank you:)


Ralph Gallagher | 200 comments This is most likely going to cause problems. All of the book covers have "Lenora Porch" on them and librarians are probably going to see that and change the author back to Lenora Porch.


message 3: by Lenore (new)

Lenore Wolfe | 7 comments How can I change the book covers? I have changed them at Amazon and Smaswords.


message 4: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn (seeford) | 573 comments Lenore wrote: "How can I change the book covers? I have changed them at Amazon and Smaswords."

If you sold any copies with the author name on the cover as "Lenora Porch", then the original cover should stay on the record. Titles repeat, but title plus author name don't, so if the title is the same, but the author name is different, there is going to be some confusion...

In addition, many readers like the book they own/are reading to be accurately reflected in the GR edition they choose.


message 5: by Lenore (last edited May 10, 2011 03:02PM) (new)

Lenore Wolfe | 7 comments No. I'm a new author, and luckily this happened BEFORE it became a real problem. I just need to upload the new bookcover now:)


message 6: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn (seeford) | 573 comments If they are showing as changed at Amazon, you can just refresh the book data from Amazon (gray link on the right side of the book's edit page), and the cover should refresh with the new one automatically.


message 7: by Lenore (new)

Lenore Wolfe | 7 comments Thank you, it's fixed:)


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