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BetterRed · 02-19-2016, 06:59 PM

@BookJunkieLI - try this:

Select the books in question (maybe use the Mark Tool and/or tag with say 'TomC'), and then use Edit metadata->Search and Replace in Regex Mode to replace what's there -- (.*) -- with what's there and Tom Clancy -- \1 & Tom Clancy -- viz:

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02-19-2016, 06:59 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,779 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@BookJunkieLI - try this: Select the books in question (maybe use the Mark Tool and/or tag with say 'TomC'), and then use Edit metadata->Search and Replace in Regex Mode to replace what's there -- *(.) -- with what's there and Tom Clancy -- \1 & Tom Clancy** -- viz: BR