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message 1: by Kylie (last edited Mar 11, 2016 01:23PM) (new)

Kylie Jude (kyliekerosene) | 3 comments I have only one published book so far, and that is Over The River and Through The Woods. My husband, on the other hand, has 4 published books so far, 3 of which I edited. Those 3 are Bennet: The Alderdice Tales and Nettie: The Alderdice Tales (which are part of the same series) and New Year's Cleave: A Tale of Terror by Colonel D.R. Acula (which doesn't need the "by D.R. Acula" in the title, by the way) - all of these are listed on my profile as my books, and while I did edit them and don't mind having them on my page, they are also NOT showing up on my husband's profile, which is a problem. I tried contacting Goodreads directly months ago and never got a reply. So I decided to reach out here. I hope someone can help, or at least point me in the right direction.

Another issue I just noticed with his books is that there are 2 versions of Nettie: The Alderdice Tales - that one should be the only one.

Another issue is that he is listed on Goodreads as both Eric Jude and as Colonel D.R. Acula - Eric Jude is his real name (which he used when he signed up with Facebook a long time ago) and Colonel D.R. Acula is his pen name (which he signed up with through the site, not Facebook) and that is the one he would like to stick with. The Eric Jude page can be deleted. This split of profiles combined with the fact that some books are listed under one profile and some under the other one, might be what caused all these problems in the first place. He is sick right now and doesn't feel up to trying to fix the problem himself (although he has expressed to me how infuriating it is), so I wanted to post this for him, in the hopes that we can get this situation cleared up once and for all. Thank you in advance.


message 2: by Abcdarian (last edited Mar 11, 2016 01:16PM) (new)

Abcdarian | 26579 comments The problem is that the book covers show 3 different author names, and Goodreads keeps original author names. For the moment, I have added Colonel D.R. Acula as an additional author name, so at least they are all showing on that profile. (Another librarian has changed the D.R. Acula's to Colonel D.R. Acula, which works since the second name includes the first.)

The two Nettie editions stay: one is a Kindle, the other a Smashwords ebook. Same with the Bennets. They may be able to be combined though; I will leave that for another librarian to figure out.


message 3: by Philip (new)

Philip (burnnerman) | 5912 comments I did that since it was a more complete version of the name.


message 4: by Abcdarian (new)

Abcdarian | 26579 comments Philip wrote: "I did that since it was a more complete version of the name."
Yes, I figured that out eventually. :-) Is there a way to combine those differing first author editions?


message 5: by Kylie (new)

Kylie Jude (kyliekerosene) | 3 comments Ah, I see what you mean about Nettie.
And thank you both so much!!!


message 6: by Philip (new)

Philip (burnnerman) | 5912 comments I have no idea which name was on a cover first, so I just Moved the D.R. Acula up and combined them.


message 7: by Kylie (new)

Kylie Jude (kyliekerosene) | 3 comments Thank you! If I could review this group, I'd rate it 5 stars :)


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