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message 1: by Bella (new)

Bella Street (bellastreet) | 2 comments I have 2 series (Time for Love, 1 book and Apocalypse Babes, 6 books). After Amazon pulled its data, I was making sure my covers were all there. Noticed a way to combine editions and went with that assuming only editions with the same title would be combined.

Somehow I managed to combine ALL my books under the Kiss Me, I'm Irish title. Have been trying to untangle and separate but it's been a failure. Blurbs are now with the wrong books, and reviews and ratings with the wrong books.

I'm afraid of making things worse and am asking for help.


message 2: by Scott (new)

Scott Hey hold on a sec. I can probably seperate the editions for you.


message 3: by Violetta (new)

Violetta | 477 comments I will help you out.


message 4: by Scott (new)

Scott Hey I can't figure out how to seperate the books. But Violetta probably knows. She can help you.


message 5: by Violetta (new)

Violetta | 477 comments Done except for book covers: http://www.goodreads.com/series/64309...


message 6: by Bella (new)

Bella Street (bellastreet) | 2 comments THANK YOU SO MUCH both Violetta and Corey. *sniffing away happy tears*

I'll try not to screw things up next time!


message 7: by Helen (new)

Helen | 69 comments I have Rise of Empire by Michael J Sullivan on my shelf with correct information. There are other editions but not combined with mine. I can't even get them to come up on the same page. Can someone help?


message 8: by Vicky (new)

Vicky (librovert) | 2462 comments Helen wrote: "I have Rise of Empire by Michael J Sullivan on my shelf with correct information. There are other editions but not combined with mine. I can't even get them to come up on the same page. Can someone..."

The authors have to match exactly to get them on the right page. The edition you shelved was attributed to "Michael J Sullivan" while it should have been "Michael J. Sullivan" - Goodreads policy is to use periods after all initials.

In addition the Michael J. Sullivan who authored Rise of Empire has been disambigutaed to Michael J.^^Sullivan (where 1 ^ = 1 space).

Long story short... I fixed it. ;)


message 9: by Helen (new)

Helen | 69 comments Thanks Vicky, I kept looking and trying to work out the difference but failed.


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