Combiners!

When to combine? When not to combine? How the #!% did they get combined? Welcome to an Anarchists' Convention ...

"World domination through work combination!" -- Tim, March 5, 2007

Rules for combining: Do no harm.

Disambiguations! Disambiguation notices

List of reported authors with the same name: Identity crisis

Topic listing authors and their pen names: Pen names

And here are logs for combinations, author "nevers", and even author pictures and links. See who did what by the hour!

Work combinations, Author combinations, Tag combinations, Author "nevers", Author and venue pictures, Quarantined pictures (look here for your missing pictures), Author links

The everything all together helpers log

TopicTopicMessagesLast Message 
Pinned — Combining/Separating (Please Fix This Book!) Request Thread #90126 unread / 126scott_beeler, May 31
Pinned — Blocks to combining that affect large numbers of copies (Sorry, too much love!) #6180 unread / 180jasbro, Monday 2:09pm
Pinned — Combiner's Group Information, FAQ & Discussion Thread #2186 unread / 186humouress, October 2025
Question about the movie Nightbreed and its Director's Cut9 unread / 9darius52, Yesterday 12:12am
Various editions of "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria"4 unread / 4SandraArdnas, Sunday 9:23pm
Problems with a venerable author (one caused by me, others not)3 unread / 3Nevov, Sunday 7:07pm
Combining authors7 unread / 7jasbro, Saturday 11:32pm
Please vote against my bonehead suggestion #2114 unread / 114geophile, June 4
please separate 2 "John A. Knox", and link 1 "John Knox" to 1 "John A. Knox"7 unread / 7LeslieWx, May 27
Can't find Combine/Separate anymore . . . HELP!8 unread / 8MarthaJeanne, May 26
A Canticle for Leibowitz3 unread / 3Maddz, May 19
How to seperate while keping ratings and covers on their proper editions?11 unread / 11victorianlibrary, May 19
Author Peter Abrahams3 unread / 3MarthaJeanne, May 18
Better Helpers Log14 unread / 14lemontwist, May 17
007 - one specific mess3 unread / 3saltmanz, May 15
How to change author after combining with incorrect author?3 unread / 3victorianlibrary, May 14
Moved to Bug Collectors! funky results for 2 author pages (same person, different name formation)4 unread / 4bnielsen, May 10
Dandi Daley Mackall combination issues3 unread / 3newcrossbooks, May 10
need help with some German authors of a mathematics reference book9 unread / 9bnielsen, May 10
Strangers in Paradise is a mess2 unread / 2karenb, April 29
Why I voted "no"? (tag separation/combination) #15278 unread / 278DuncanHill, April 27
Robert Barlow and Robert H Barlow6 unread / 6Maddz, April 26
Authors with same name (not relevant data and process in 2025)243 unread / 243AnnieMod, April 23
Brave New Worlds anthology7 unread / 7Nevov, April 17
Can anything be done about 2 welded-together authors?5 unread / 5MarthaJeanne, April 16
Am I correctly interpreting/implementing the "Author Disambiguation Notice" associated with Time-Life Books2 unread / 2AnnieMod, April 14
Please ignore this duplicate! Am I correctly interpreting/implementing1 unread / 1LeslieWx, April 14
Separate adaptations - specifically The Maltese Falcon14 unread / 14Bookmarque, April 8
Author Uncombining Conunudrum6 unread / 6paradoxosalpha, March 28
Detaching author “-M.A-D.” from MAD Magazine3 unread / 3DuncanHill, March 24
Claire Morgan question4 unread / 4merrystar, March 19
Authors publishing as a group reissuing under own names5 unread / 5scott_beeler, March 18
Order of Operations? (bad Quick Add batch = wrong ISBNs)5 unread / 5keristars, March 16
Incorrect combination of two unrelated works?2 unread / 2lilithcat, March 6
Author3 unread / 3juniperSun, March 5
Since when are we separating wrong ISBN from works?7 unread / 7r.orrison, March 2
Book/Author mismatched4 unread / 4Buchmerkur, March 2
Hardback R is for Ricochet Improper Listing4 unread / 4alco261, February 25
AI and the Art of LT Maintenance17 unread / 17AnnieMod, February 16
Delink Humphrey Carpenter as the author of the Fellowship of the Ring?5 unread / 5StefynX, February 15
Tag combination help1 unread / 1Nan_B, February 9
stars not working?3 unread / 3connie53, February 5
please walk me through splitting & aliasing/combining authors9 unread / 9LeslieWx, February 3
Why is author Stefano Zuffi appearing as Stefano Zuddi?3 unread / 3FlorenceArt, January 24
Nancy Drew original vs revised texts10 unread / 10Keeline, January 22
Help please - Martin Beck 'The Fire Engine That Disappeared'4 unread / 4MarthaJeanne, January 18
How can I un-disambiguate an author?13 unread / 13catscoffeecats, January 15
wrong Albert Ellis as Author on a book10 unread / 10AnnieMod, January 10
Author Combination Issues for Johann Valentin Andreae, please help!6 unread / 6chocorua, January 5
Combining/Separating (Please Fix This Book!) Request Thread #89201 unread / 201jasbro, January 5
Combing two books with different names (same story)11 unread / 11victorianlibrary, January 2
Book/ Author Problems4 unread / 4MarthaJeanne, January 2
Author in need of TLC: Paul Elliott2 unread / 2karenb, January 1
Author with similar name4 unread / 4DuncanHill, December 2025
Do reviews understand separation?4 unread / 4DuncanHill, December 2025
Why is "Future Love: a Science Fiction Triad" combined with "Dragondrums"?4 unread / 4MarthaJeanne, December 2025
After entering a book, should/can I tie an author to the "correct" one of the possibilites?2 unread / 2MarthaJeanne, December 2025
One author, two forms of their name5 unread / 5bernsad, December 2025
how to change aliasing where pseudonym was made main author16 unread / 16SandraArdnas, December 2025
Journey to the Centre of the Earth6 unread / 6Robertgreaves, December 2025
Need help - Not a Book as an Author?9 unread / 9r.orrison, December 2025
Combining HC Andersen1 unread / 1Readerino, December 2025
Relationship-marking53 unread / 53elliotvale, December 2025
Plato and Edith Wharton walked into a bar...11 unread / 11r.orrison, December 2025
Attempting to fix two authors with the same name6 unread / 6Griffin_Reads, December 2025
Suzuki confusion3 unread / 3AranelST, December 2025
Marked for spam vote, but just a combination issue2 unread / 2DuncanHill, November 2025
Author Combine8 unread / 8LeslieWx, November 2025
How to combine two authors into a collective nom de plume when one of them has a disambiguation page6 unread / 6timtom, November 2025
Dubois’ Black Reconstruction5 unread / 52wonderY, November 2025
Mikhail Bulgakov's book among Andreï Kourkov's books2 unread / 2MarthaJeanne, November 2025
Fixing an author name5 unread / 5bnielsen, November 2025
Artists and Their Scholars6 unread / 6Petroglyph, November 2025
Runaway Jury (film)5 unread / 5dara85, November 2025
Author combination5 unread / 5AnnieMod, November 2025
Splitting authors on clues2 unread / 2norabelle414, October 2025
(solved) Is there a way to give a distinguishing note to two different namesake works by the same author?3 unread / 3defaults, October 2025
Rerum novarum by Pope Leo XIII5 unread / 5birder4106, October 2025
Separation need: All Hallow's Eve6 unread / 6AnnieMod, October 2025
What's going on with this series?6 unread / 6Talvitar, September 2025
Problem with separating two tags3 unread / 3norabelle414, September 2025
Small encyclopedia where I'd like to separate the volumes3 unread / 3bnielsen, September 2025
Voynich Manuscript and Raymond Clemens8 unread / 8catscoffeecats, September 2025
Need to separate https://www.librarything.com/work/4666505/t/Ladies-of-Liberty-The-Women-Who-Shaped-Our-Nation4 unread / 4themulhern, September 2025
Omnibus unhappiness41 unread / 41MarthaJeanne, August 2025
Omar Khayyam26 unread / 26jasbro, August 2025
Not sure what is going on with this4 unread / 4LibraryCin, August 2025
Not exactly a combination, need help5 unread / 5jjmcgaffey, August 2025
Help on St Augustine9 unread / 9MarthaJeanne, August 2025
Ringworld computer game incorrectly linked6 unread / 6gilroy, August 2025
Bible Combiners! The Thread118 unread / 118AranelST, August 2025
Wrong covers appearing11 unread / 11Rommert, August 2025
Deltora Quest4 unread / 4Avron, August 2025
Bibliotheca Alexandrina5 unread / 5AranelST, July 2025
Small puzzle available, for anyone3 unread / 3karenb, July 2025
Eva Défago vs. Eva Delano5 unread / 5Anneli, July 2025
A book under an author where it shouldn't be.4 unread / 4BearFox, July 2025
authors same name5 unread / 5EGBERTINA, July 2025
when combining 2 "single author"s, what determines which name becomes the "Main"?5 unread / 5LeslieWx, July 2025
How to connect my (the only) copy of "Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2023" with the correct Jim Murray?9 unread / 9piemouth, July 2025
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