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CarlM · 07-25-2014, 11:16 AM

Hi,

I recently had 24,000 epub books given to me. I have a Kindle. I loaded them into Calibre but a large number of them, a few thousand, have the title and/or series in the author column along with the author. When I try to download the metadata it doesn't find the book in the search until I delete everything after the author.

Example: Pratchett, Terry - Discworld 15 - Men At Arms

Is there any way to bulk edit the author column and remove everything after the - symbol.

Many Thanks

Carl

07-25-2014, 11:16 AM	#1
CarlM Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Kindle	Title included with Author Hi, I recently had 24,000 epub books given to me. I have a Kindle. I loaded them into Calibre but a large number of them, a few thousand, have the title and/or series in the author column along with the author. When I try to download the metadata it doesn't find the book in the search until I delete everything after the author. Example: Pratchett, Terry - Discworld 15 - Men At Arms Is there any way to bulk edit the author column and remove everything after the - symbol. Many Thanks Carl