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Isherwood · 10-02-2010, 04:06 PM

It took a while to find the exact setup for the new plugboard system to handle multiple authors on the Kindle so I thought I would post it here for anyone else wanting it.

1. Set the MOBI output 'use author sort for author' flag to checked.

2. Create a plugboard "mobi, any device' (since there isn't a kindle 3 option here, i needed any device)

3. Enter this text in the right side field: {author_sort:re(\s\&\s,

}
(after the comma is a semi-colon and a right-paren, the webpage is showing it as a smilie and I don't see how to disable that formatting)

4. Set destination field combobox to 'author_sort'

5. Push the file to the Kindle

6. You may have to reboot the kindle to see the changes. (home, menu, settings, menu, restart)

This will convert "LN1, FN1 & LN2, FN2" to "LN1, FN1;LN2, FN2" which the Kindle will display as "FN1 LN1 and FN2 LN2"

10-02-2010, 04:06 PM	#31
Isherwood Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 54 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle	It took a while to find the exact setup for the new plugboard system to handle multiple authors on the Kindle so I thought I would post it here for anyone else wanting it. 1. Set the MOBI output 'use author sort for author' flag to checked. 2. Create a plugboard "mobi, any device' (since there isn't a kindle 3 option here, i needed any device) 3. Enter this text in the right side field: {author_sort:re(\s\&\s,} (after the comma is a semi-colon and a right-paren, the webpage is showing it as a smilie and I don't see how to disable that formatting) 4. Set destination field combobox to 'author_sort' 5. Push the file to the Kindle 6. You may have to reboot the kindle to see the changes. (home, menu, settings, menu, restart) This will convert "LN1, FN1 & LN2, FN2" to "LN1, FN1;LN2, FN2" which the Kindle will display as "FN1 LN1 and FN2 LN2" Last edited by Isherwood; 10-02-2010 at 04:10 PM.