Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

How about a new folder called "Authors"? I sorted Helen Simpson with one blank between first and last names, seems to be a catch-all for living Helen Simpson b.1959 short story writer, and dead Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897-1940) UK mystery writer in the Detection Club who is called "Helen Simpson" in the old book listings.

I was left with two books only. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39... is short story collection, no year of publication, but old-fashioned looking cover. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12... has no ratings, reviews, or publication data, but I cannot delete because I am not a super-librarian. Seems not worth assigning elsewhere.

If these two books are sorted, the one-blank author can be deleted, and the two-blank author given one correct blank. If another questionable book shows up, then a two-blank author is more appropriate to a second author. I put links in relevant Author fields to help explain.

Both of those books were from the short story writer, so I've combined the profiles.

"has no ratings, reviews, or publication data, but I cannot delete because I am not a super-librarian."

If there is ANY chance that a listing is for an actual book, it must not be deleted. In this case, I couldn't actually confirm any stand-alone publication, but I'll look into it further to see if it ought to be merged into the collected publication or not.

The standard bio note is just "Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.", but if this is a common confusion, more information is better.

Anne wrote: "How about a new folder called "Authors"?"

Most author issues are really book issues. Or series issues. And so on.