Thread: KFX multiple author problem
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Old 08-27-2018, 11:46 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by coolyazz View Post
Hello everyone. I have been converting my books to KFX, as the text seems to format better on my kindle oasis (drop caps in particular). However, if the book has multiple authors, the book on the kindle only displays one name in the description. Using MOBI and AZW3, multiple author names show correctly, but the book text isn't formatted as good as KFX.
That is a limitation of how sideloaded KFX is supported by Kindle devices. Only the first author name is processed.


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I polish before sending to device (to embed the correct metadata in the KFX file) but it doesn't make a difference. Is there a way to get the kindle to show both author's names?
"Polish" only supports AZW3 and EPUB formats. It has no effect on KFX.

The "Embed metadata" function does handle KFX and this is done automatically by default when you send a book to a device. But, as I stated earlier, this won't help for multiple authors.
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