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message 1: by Sienna (new)

Sienna Blake Hi there!
It appears there is now a second author who has taken the same penname as mine (Sienna Blake). They've published a variety (+15 books) of guidebooks, gardening, self help and women's lit.
And unfortunately, their books are being added to my author profile.
To avoid reader confusion, I've changed the author name on their books to Sienna Blake (2) and left a note re the change.
I'm hoping that a second author profile can be created so that their books can be reallocated to them.
Also, if someone can review my profile to make sure the association with their books is completely removed, I'd really appreciate that!
Thank you!
Sienna


message 2: by Emily (last edited Jun 16, 2025 06:45PM) (new)

Emily There is a specific way Goodreads differentiates authors with the same name in order to avoid reader confusion, and it is not by assigning numbers after someone's name. I cannot find the books by searching, so if you would please link to the author profile you created or to one of the books that would be appreciated. EDIT: Tami has fixed it below.

The only reason their books were added is because they imported to the default profile for your name which is yours.

It only takes a moment to remove them. For future reference we can do this for you.


message 3: by Tami (new)

Tami Sienna wrote: "Hi there!
It appears there is now a second author who has taken the same penname as mine (Sienna Blake). They've published a variety (+15 books) of guidebooks, gardening, self help and women's lit...."


Hi Sienna, although you saved librarians a lot of time by moving the books out of your profile to a new unclaimed profile, that is not the proper way to disambiguate and could be considered misuse of author editing privileges. Next time it is best to post here if you are not sure how to properly disambiguate. We do not encourage editing the book records just to get them off your profile, as someone could flag the edits and that could cause you trouble. I understand you meant no harm, just letting you know. There were still three editions on your profile, but I have moved them off now. Here is the disambiguation profile for Sienna Blake. It is just a profile to move books when we do not know which Sienna they belong to and no one has claimed authorship: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...


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