Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I've noticed my books keep randomly disappearing from my page (A.R. Wile) and appearing on another author page with the same name (A. R. Wile - a space between my initials)

Currently, I have two that have been moved to this page. Is there a way to get them back?

The missing books are: Beautifully Broken: The Broken Series and Scorned: A Broken Series Companion Novel.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Done. You should fix your name on Amazon to prevent this.

Is there a way to get the name on my books on Goodreads to match Amazon because that is the correct way to display it? Because now I have a duplicate book and a different one missing. I tried to change it myself, but it says I need a librarian to do so. The correct way should be displayed as A. R. Wile.

We do not put spaces between initials here.

Ok. Then can you please add another one of my books back? Because that has disappeared as well. Tragically Broken: The Broken Series

Well, that one you changed. Done.

Now Desolate is repeated and Fractured has disappeared. There seems to be an error with the system.

I found some more stray editions that needed to be corrected, these without punctuation at all.

Seriously, if you want to prevent problems like this, fix your name on Amazon.

My name is that way on every platform. It has never been a problem before. I know other authors who have theirs the same.

And we have to keep fixing theirs, too.

But why would I change my name on the many retailers my books are in because of a flaw with Goodreads?

Only one.

I just checked, and Amazon won't let me change my name on Paperbacks (the name field is locked), so is it possible to have my books corrected back to the way they were originally by removing the extra copy of Desolate and adding my book Fractured? Thanks. Fractured

As far as I can tell, everything is in order.

The problem I'm having is on my author dashboard. Fractured appears under my name in the the search, but is not showing at all on the dashboard. Desolate is on there twice. Therefore, setting off all my stats.

We can't see or do anything about your dashboard. You'll have to ask support.

Ok. Thanks.