Books combines results for David Mitchell (English comedian) and David Mitchell (author of cloud atlas etc). Obviously this is the result of some non-reviewed lazy algorithm work. Best one I’ve yet seen: a book/brochure about soil revitalisation and revegetation in Western Australia appears along with Stephen Fry’s oeuvre (a certain Mr Stephen Fry — of Australia, one assumes — is a co-author). The point being: is there some way to correct this? Is there a disambiguation request procedure? Is it somehow editable in the app? Not a major thing but, like most minor things, incredibly irritating and disappointing.
Books app has trouble distinguishing between authors with the same name
Posted on Oct 24, 2026 12:45 PM