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Old 11-11-2010, 05:40 PM   #6
bpugliese
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Sorry for taking this long to answer the thread

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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
Unfortunately, he wants to dots to appear. The kindle is already quite handily removing them (the kindle seems to be very good at screwing up authors' names). But that aside, the plugboard template entry {authors:re(\.,)} removes all the dots.
Thanks, I'll use this solution, but I will keep looking for a better one

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@bpugliese: What happens if the name is 'Rowling, J.K.' (no spaces after the periods)? Does the kindle turn that into J.K Rowling? If that is preferable, then the plugboard template entry {authors:re(\. +,.)} will remove all spaces after periods.
It displays "J Rowling" the same result as if I put the spaces after the periods.

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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
You could always use Rowling, Jdot Kdot.
best idea so far ??



Anyway, thanks for your suggestions ^^

If you know anything else I could try, just let me know.
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