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Metadata Variations Using the Multi-Column Search Plug-in

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Originally Posted by moredrowsy View Post
I didn't really organize my earlier books. Some of them have the same authors but spelled sightly different, such as P. G. Wodehouse, P.G. Wodehouse, or PG Wodehouse.

So my question is, is there a search in calibre or plugin that searches for similar author names. I want to start standardizing some messes when I was a noob using calibre.

Thanks for the help.
Attached is an example of how to use the MCS plug-in to find metadata variations in Calibre in general, and for Authors in particular.


https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=261712


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