Thread: KFX multiple author problem
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Old 08-27-2018, 10:46 PM   #6
davidfor
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
It should be possible to combine multiple authors into one author field, but it is tricky to get right since Kindles expect the author name to be stored in "last, first" format for sorting but display it as "first last".

To get "John Smith and Tom Jones" displayed as the author it would have to be stored as "Smith and Tom Jones, John" in order to sort somewhat correctly.
Yuck. That would make it hard to get right.
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