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User Instructions
StillReading,
Please see page 16 of the instructions. The .csv files must be placed in the parent directory of your library. Your library is where the metadata.db resides. The plugin uses metadata.db, not your ebooks themselves. In theory, you could put a copy of your metadata.db by itself, with no ebooks, anywhere you wish, and then place your .csv files in the parent directory of that location. Use Calibre Quick Switch to point Calibre to that metadata.db. After updating Genre, you could move it back to where it came from.
The plugin views Tag Rules as taking precedence over Author Rules, which are just a fallback. Tag Rules are sophisticated and use Boolean logic and equations. However, if you use a dummy Tag Rules .csv file with just the header row (always required) and perhaps a dummy rule line, you would then force the logic to always go after the Author Rules.
Regarding "firstname lastname" and "lastname, firstname" in the Author Rules .csv file, the info you seek is at the top of page 11 in the instructions. The plugin automatically converts the latter to the former (in lower case) for proper matching, so use whichever format pleases you. Using both would be redundant, causing the second one to be discarded as a duplicate of the first format.
Tag Rules use Boolean logic. Author Rules are based on simple exact matches. If some of your books have an author of "H.G. Wells" and others have an author of "Herbert G. Wells" and/or "Herbert George Wells", then you would need 3 rows in the Author Rules .csv file. However, personally, I would standardize my Author Names using > Alter Tag Browser > Manage Authors, Tags, etc. > Manage Authors. It makes mass changes a breeze.
Don't overlook the Unicode (UTF-8) requirement for saving your .csv files. See page 17 of the instructions.
DaltonST
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