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message 1: by Bionic Jean (last edited Aug 25, 2023 07:00AM) (new)

Bionic Jean (bionicjean) | 49 comments I'm trying to disambiguate the author page for Fred Kaplan who has books on his page which are by another Fred Kaplan, who is not at present on Goodreads.

1. This author Fred Kaplan

did not write Dickens and Mesmerism: The Hidden Springs of Fiction. Neither did he write Dickens: A Biography Thomas Carlyle: A Biography, Henry James: The Imagination of Genius, A Biography or John Quincy Adams: American Visionary etc. They are by the academic born in 1937, as detailed here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ka...

How can I add this author, since the other Fred Kaplan is responsible for their own edits, and has several of Professor Kaplan's books attributed to him? I have already tried to create a new author profile by adjusting the number of spaces between the first name and the surname.


message 2: by Scott (new)

Scott | 11051 comments That is the correct action. If there are more Fred Kaplans, you may have to add more spaces.


message 3: by Bionic Jean (new)

Bionic Jean (bionicjean) | 49 comments Thanks.


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