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Originally Posted by theducks
Biggers is the Author, not a 'series'
IMHO downloaded tags are a mess. There are no normalized tags
IMHO you need to massage each and every book
Standardize case, initials, placement of Articles (A, The), standardize tense (Mystery vs Mysteries) in series names. Standardize Publishers names (and don't count on THEM doing it the same between books)
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The author of the original 5 Charlie Chan books is Earl Derr Biggers and book title pages and library listings are very consistent in using all 3 names. I've never seen a book or reliable library listing for either "Earl Biggers" or "Earl D. Biggers".
Tags are by no means standardized. Personally, I wipe all tags in a newly added ebook and set my own using my choices and my choice for standardized spellings/tense. I regularly review the Authors and Tags sections of the Tags panel in calibre to spot strays. I often catch inconsistent author's names (e.g. spacing errors, differences in presence or absence of periods after initials, missing/added initials, ...) and "standardize" the odd ones.