Support for Indie Authors discussion

S.U. wrote: "I've published both original and translated works of fiction---under the same name. This was clearly a mistake. So, I've been thinking about unpublishing my original works and republishing them und..."

Can't help you with that S.U. Sounds like a real hassle though :( Hopefully someone on here has the experience to provide you with a few pointers.

I swear I've told this story here before, but doing a search, I can't find it. So, here goes.

Some many years ago I was really into horror. I bought this little novel called The Funhouse by Owen West. I hated it. Some years later I bought another novel of the same name, this one by Dean Koontz. I guess I didn't notice the disclaimer stating it's the same novel, or there wasn't one. I can't recall. Anyway. I hated it again and I haven't bought a Dean Koontz novel since. I felt a bit swindled into wasting my money twice on the same crap novel.

So. I'm not a fan of authors changing the names of their novels or changing their name to a pseudonym or vice versa.

What is the reason you want to do this? You say the reason is clear, but I'm not seeing it.