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message 1: by Victor (new)

Victor Peter | 40 comments It seems like everytime aI post a new book on Amazon, it gets posted to the wrong author who has the same name as I do. The bookn question is https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... and it should be posted to my author page. This is a collector edition of a book Ihave already published. Maybe you can explain to me how to have this error stopped and post correctly to my page. This is my page. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...


message 2: by Scott (new)

Scott | 8628 comments Imported books will always go to the default profile. I have moved this one.

A suggestion was made to you previously:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 3: by Shim (last edited Apr 23, 2025 01:41PM) (new)

Shim (slimmy) | 3410 comments I made a request to support to move you to the default profile. Expect it to be done in a day or two. After that's done all books wth the name "Victor Peter" that are auto-imported from Amazon will land on your profile.


message 4: by Victor (new)

Victor Peter | 40 comments Thanks. I missed the second part of the answer.


message 5: by Shim (new)

Shim (slimmy) | 3410 comments You are now the default "Victor Peter".

This request is complete.

Please edit the title / subject of your post and add [done] so other Librarians know it is complete.


message 6: by Victor (new)

Victor Peter | 40 comments It seems like the book has totlly disappeared from goodreads now. It was there and now it is gone, I wa just about to post the ARC to booksirens but I have no link to add for goodreads.


message 7: by Shim (new)

Shim (slimmy) | 3410 comments The original link (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...) is still working.

The book was combined with other editions of the same book: https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...


message 8: by Victor (new)

Victor Peter | 40 comments This is a totally new book with a different ISBN with a bonus novella. It is the collectors edition with a different cover. The title is different. Here is the link on Amazon. https://a.co/d/7phfl2h

This book will be publishd with new chapters and bonus content. It is a completely different book and should never have been combined with another book.


message 9: by Victor (new)

Victor Peter | 40 comments People will never find the collectors edition. It has a different price, different ISBN. Different content. Bo us novella, bonus chapters. I could not even find it. It is a different book.


message 10: by ChapterChaser (new)

ChapterChaser | 4 comments To fix the issue, contact Goodreads and Amazon Author Central support to have the book linked to your page. Make sure the ISBN is correct and properly associated with you.


message 11: by Victor (new)

Victor Peter | 40 comments You guys did this. Not me!!! You moved thisbook under a book that was not the same. You even admit to doing this. The book is linked to.my page but is put under an efition that isnot the same book. You did this manually as described in a previous comment. I do not want to.open other requests unless now you cannot indo that you did. The problem that is being created for me is I am losing ARC reading days, the linger it takes for you tomcorrect. So tell me if you can correct it or mot because Author Central will yell.me to.come right back here.


message 12: by Scott (new)

Scott | 8628 comments Even if it is combined with another edition, readers can still find it.


message 13: by Christian (new)

Christian Wright | 2 comments My book is listed under the wrong account. The book is Lies and Lip Service. Here is the right link
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...


message 14: by Scott (new)

Scott | 8628 comments Christian wrote: "My book is listed under the wrong account. The book is Lies and Lip Service. Here is the right link
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list..."


Book moved.


message 15: by Shim (last edited Apr 26, 2025 10:46PM) (new)

Shim (slimmy) | 3410 comments Librarians are required to follow Goodreads' policy regarding combining books. Special editions of books, even if they contain additional content, are still typically considered editions of the same work.

You may want to make the special edition the default edition: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/...


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2292 comments Shim wrote: "Librarians are required to follow Goodreads' policy regarding combining books. Special editions of books, even if they contain additional content, are still considered editions of the same work.

Y..."

I really don't think this is right. This is a book & a novella published in the same volume.

Mary Stewart published The Wind off the Small Isles Recently a short story originally published in a magazine with the same heroine was discovered & the two have been published together The Wind Off the Small Isles and The Lost One They are separate from the Wind off the Small Isles. & The Lost One is available as an audiobook now.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Again separate.


message 17: by Shim (last edited Apr 26, 2025 10:51PM) (new)

Shim (slimmy) | 3410 comments Ok, so let's split them

Done. I also updated the title so it's more clear it's a combination of two books and thus won't get re-combined.

Also please disregard the comment by "ChapterChaser" as it is not relevant to this thread.


Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂  | 2292 comments Thanks Shim👍


message 19: by Robert (new)

Robert Nash | 2 comments My book got posted to the wrong author with the same name as me. Being Honest in a World of Lies: Exploring Truth and Deception from a Biblical Perspective by Robert J. Nash
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DZYDDJSH
Profile:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Here is on Amazon where all my books are together: https://amzn.to/4ixcGJV
Thank you .


message 20: by Catherine (new)

Catherine Wilson | 3 comments I have this issue and have posted 4 times in the last 24 hours, could someone actually help me. Please? Anyone at all? Thankyou


message 21: by Scott (new)

Scott | 8628 comments Robert wrote: "My book got posted to the wrong author with the same name as me. Being Honest in a World of Lies: Exploring Truth and Deception from a Biblical Perspective by Robert J. Nash
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DZYDDJSH
..."


Done. Start your own thread for any other issues.


message 22: by Scott (new)

Scott | 8628 comments Catherine wrote: "I have this issue and have posted 4 times in the last 24 hours, could someone actually help me. Please? Anyone at all? Thankyou"

Maybe you should try posting once in 24 hours and have a little patience.


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