Problems with commas in author field when importing

Halo · 12-02-2008, 11:18 PM

I downloaded some books from Feedbooks.com and imported them into Calibre. The author field, which should look like "Poe, Edgar Allan" instead looks like "Poe & Edgar Allan". Is there a way to fix this or should I file a bug report?

itimpi · 12-02-2008, 11:49 PM

Sounds like an issue at the Feedbooks end with the metadata for that book.

In Calibre, the '&' is used to separate authors, so Calibre would think there were 2 authors, one called 'poe' and one called 'edgar allen'. This can be corrected by using the option to edit the metadata within Calibre.

kovidgoyal · 12-02-2008, 11:58 PM

Yeah the author field should contain the author in canonical form. There is usually a separate field for the sorted form of the author name. You should bug feedbooks to make use of the fields correctly.

Hadrien · 12-04-2008, 02:30 PM

Sure I'll fix this. Since we only store ePub files for a short period of time (as a cache), all our files will be updated.

Hadrien · 12-04-2008, 06:39 PM

Fixed, every book downloaded from now on should be fine.

Halo · 12-05-2008, 12:40 AM

Thanks for the quick fix, Hadrien.

12-02-2008, 11:18 PM	#1
Halo Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 72130 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle DX 1st Gen, Kindle Fire 1st Gen	Problems with commas in author field when importing I downloaded some books from Feedbooks.com and imported them into Calibre. The author field, which should look like "Poe, Edgar Allan" instead looks like "Poe & Edgar Allan". Is there a way to fix this or should I file a bug report?

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12-02-2008, 11:49 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Sounds like an issue at the Feedbooks end with the metadata for that book. In Calibre, the '&' is used to separate authors, so Calibre would think there were 2 authors, one called 'poe' and one called 'edgar allen'. This can be corrected by using the option to edit the metadata within Calibre.

12-02-2008, 11:58 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yeah the author field should contain the author in canonical form. There is usually a separate field for the sorted form of the author name. You should bug feedbooks to make use of the fields correctly.

12-04-2008, 02:30 PM	#4
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	Sure I'll fix this. Since we only store ePub files for a short period of time (as a cache), all our files will be updated.

12-04-2008, 06:39 PM	#5
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	Fixed, every book downloaded from now on should be fine.

12-05-2008, 12:40 AM	#6
Halo Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 72130 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle DX 1st Gen, Kindle Fire 1st Gen	Thanks for the quick fix, Hadrien.

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