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message 1: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 44 comments These two authors are the same person who publishes under a different name in the UK than in the USA:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

So far he has only published one of his three books in the name of Green but he wanted to know if his other books could somehow show on his Green profile. I'm not sure what is the best way to handle this or how to link the two profiles.

Also I am wondering whether the two versions of 'Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend' (which are the same book but have different author names) should be combined?


message 2: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments Policy is to list the book under the name it was first published as so if the book in the US was published first then the US name is the primary author and vice versa.

The other name is added in the secondary author position. All editions of the books need to have the primary author the same.

I have made an assumption that the US book was published first and have added the US name as primary and combined the books. They should be combined

If the UK name was published first then we should swap that around


message 3: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 44 comments Thanks Paula. Yes the UK edition was published first so I have swapped that around.


message 4: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments You need to swap the names on all editions to the UK name first in this instance since stats and shelvings need to have the same primary name.

I have done this


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