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Old 12-20-2017, 07:15 AM   #2
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robroy47 - these are my thoughts.

First take a backup of what you have.

I would find a way to isolate authors with 2 part names - e.g. 'Dickens, Charles' and move them to a separate library. Probably need to use a regular expression search - see The search interface. I would then use the Bulk Metadata Edit, Search and Replace feature to reform the 2 part author names to FirstName LastName - e.g. Charles Dickens.

I would handle the remaining Authors, i.e. those with three or more part names individually - in the Manage Authors list. Probably have to handle books with multiple authors individually, and those with initials e.g. J. K. Rowling.

Then I would move the 2 part authors back to the original library

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