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message 1: by E.A. (new)

E.A. Allen (eaallen) | 2 comments Hello Librarians,

I have numerous issues with books on Goodreads and I'd be very appreciative if a librarian could help me sort it out. For reference, my real profile is this one:
E.A. Allen

1) These books attributed to my profile are not mine. They appear to have been written by Emory Adams Allen (according to Amazon.com) which is not me.

The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
Could I have these removed from my profile?

2) My newest book and another older title are not showing up under my profile. The first book (Percy St.-John) has no cover either.

Percy St. John and the Chronicle of Secrets
See the amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Percy-St-John-...

A Templar's Christmas: A Montclaire Christmas Mystery
See the Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Templars-Chris...

If you have any advice on how to structure my Amazon Author Central and Goodreads profiles so that this happens less, please let me know. The other E. A. Allen (Emory Adams Allen) is an author who's been dead for 88 years and it's really frustrating when my new books are attributed to him. Obviously, he's not writing anymore.

In fact, it might just be helpful to clear up all of the numerous variations that Goodreads has for the same author. Here are some of them:
E. A. Allen
E A Allen
Emory Adams Allen
And then there's this one that doesn't even come up here in the "Add book/author" dialogue: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Sorry for the laundry list of problems but the tangled web of records regarding the once-prominent Emory Adams Allen seems to be causing a lot of problems for me and my work today. I'm eternally grateful to anyone who can help me unravel this.


message 2: by Suzi (new)

Suzi | 8661 comments I'll see what I can do


message 3: by E.A. (new)

E.A. Allen (eaallen) | 2 comments Suzi wrote: "I'll see what I can do"

Suzi, thank you so much! You're amazing! That's fixed most of my problems. But if you felt like sorting any more, I've realized that these are also books that I did not write but are on my profile.

Luke Under Fire: Caught Behind Enemy Lines
Kiss'd
Chicago Movie Girls
Chicago Movie Girls
The Dangerous Summer of Jesse Turner


message 4: by Suzi (new)

Suzi | 8661 comments E.A. wrote: "Suzi wrote: "I'll see what I can do"

Suzi, thank you so much! You're amazing! That's fixed most of my problems. But if you felt like sorting any more, I've realized that these are also books that ..."


I'm still working on this. I will post here when I am done. I have already moved a couple of titles.


message 5: by Suzi (new)

Suzi | 8661 comments I think I have all of your titles now on your profile, and removed the extraneous ones.

I found various iterations of your name besides the ones listed above, which included some duplicated/incorrect editions and some correct ones.

I have merged the incorrect ones into the correct editions, and I think I got all your covers updated.

If I missed something please advise.

[I am still disambiguating the various E. Allen author names, so if I find anything else of yours I will add it to your profile, but I'm pretty sure I got them all]


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