Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Can someone please combine Al Purdy and Alfred Purdy? As well, can someone combine The Cariboo Horses and The Cariboo Horses? (And Purdy, Alfred, and The Cariboo horses). Thanks so much.

I can't fully do this because books have to show up as the author name appears on the cover, which is annoying. He actually published under all three names, but reprints come out as Al Purdy now and it's now he's listed by authoritative places such as Encyclopedias and poetry foundations. However, I fixed the one where the title and author were swapped!

The Cariboo Horses cover shows Alfred Purdy, so it will have to show up in two places. Most other covers show Al Purdy as the name for collections.

Karin wrote: "I can't fully do this because books have to show up as the author name appears on the cover, which is annoying. He actually published under all three names, but reprints come out as Al Purdy now an..."

Oh, that's confusing. Thanks for fixing the other copies, though!