Capitalize Authors Names

iridius · 02-22-2011, 12:28 PM

I have figured out how to use the "Change title to title case" option in the Bulk Edit Metadata dialog, but I want to do the same, or rather just make first and last names of my authors begin with capital letters too, because alot of mine are all lowercase.

Is this possible?

Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 02-22-2011, 12:33 PM

Not in bulk but you can right click on the author field in the edit metadata dialog or when editing authors directly in the book list to do this.

iridius · 02-22-2011, 12:39 PM

Thanks, that works great, one at a time.

Why is the title case an option in bulk mode, but not this? Just trying to learn more about the program. Is it not something that can be done because of the way Calibre organizes folders by Author name? Or just hasn't been an issue/request?

kovidgoyal · 02-22-2011, 12:41 PM

There is limited space available in a given dialog. I have to decide what is worth putting there and what isn't. Mis capitalized author names are not that common, in my experience.

iridius · 02-22-2011, 12:45 PM

Fair enough, thanks for the quick reply.

You could add another tab... call it "Dumba**es" and put stuff in there for people like me that screw up their libraries... I'm sure I'll do it again... :-)

meryvn · 02-23-2011, 05:26 PM

An option that might work woul dbe to bulk swap Author and Title (think this is an option) then Title Case and then swap back.

It's kinda roundabout but probably quicker than doing one by one.

iridius · 03-09-2011, 12:36 AM

Thanks, that is what I did end up doing, I just forgot to post, that was selfish of me... sorry.

iridius · 03-09-2011, 12:38 AM

Now that I'm getting better with Calibre, it looks like I could just do a Regex replacement like I did with the books that had Author set to "lastName, firstName" while most were "firstName lastName"

02-22-2011, 12:28 PM	#1
iridius Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, iPhone (to get Dell Streak & iPad)	Capitalize Authors Names I have figured out how to use the "Change title to title case" option in the Bulk Edit Metadata dialog, but I want to do the same, or rather just make first and last names of my authors begin with capital letters too, because alot of mine are all lowercase. Is this possible? Thanks.

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02-22-2011, 12:33 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Not in bulk but you can right click on the author field in the edit metadata dialog or when editing authors directly in the book list to do this.

02-22-2011, 12:39 PM	#3
iridius Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, iPhone (to get Dell Streak & iPad)	Thanks, that works great, one at a time. Why is the title case an option in bulk mode, but not this? Just trying to learn more about the program. Is it not something that can be done because of the way Calibre organizes folders by Author name? Or just hasn't been an issue/request?

02-22-2011, 12:41 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There is limited space available in a given dialog. I have to decide what is worth putting there and what isn't. Mis capitalized author names are not that common, in my experience.

02-22-2011, 12:45 PM	#5
iridius Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, iPhone (to get Dell Streak & iPad)	Fair enough, thanks for the quick reply. You could add another tab... call it "Dumba**es" and put stuff in there for people like me that screw up their libraries... I'm sure I'll do it again... :-)

02-23-2011, 05:26 PM	#6
meryvn Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Scotland, UK Device: Kindle 3	An option that might work woul dbe to bulk swap Author and Title (think this is an option) then Title Case and then swap back. It's kinda roundabout but probably quicker than doing one by one.

03-09-2011, 12:36 AM	#7
iridius Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, iPhone (to get Dell Streak & iPad)	Thanks, that is what I did end up doing, I just forgot to post, that was selfish of me... sorry.

03-09-2011, 12:38 AM	#8
iridius Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, iPhone (to get Dell Streak & iPad)	Now that I'm getting better with Calibre, it looks like I could just do a Regex replacement like I did with the books that had Author set to "lastName, firstName" while most were "firstName lastName"

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