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Old 12-02-2010, 08:02 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald View Post
Ouch. I only have 465 existing authors. There has to be an easier way.
[Note: I didn't test this with an actual library as I use FN LN, so it's best to backup your library. This only works if you didn't recalculate author sort after tweaking.]
After doing the tweak thing (see kiwidude's first post):
-Select all books contain authors you wanted to change from 'FN LN' to 'LN, FN'
-Choose 'Edit metadata in bulk' > 'Search and replace' tab
-Search field: author_sort > Search mode: regular expression > Destination field: authors > Mode: replace field > OK

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