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sulasu · 07-05-2019, 06:28 AM

In my library i filled in multiple authors (with &), but i now see calibre/kobo have trouble with writing/reading the metadata for these books (with more than one author).

When I upload books with more than one author, calibre is in 90% of all cases not capable to match the books between device/library, so "on device" stays empty (but the books have indeed landed on my kobo aura h20. This doesn't fail allways, but a lot.

So, now i'm trying with search and replace to find the first & in author and delete all following authors (only keep the first).
But, I can't manage to get the search string right.

Who can help me?

07-05-2019, 06:28 AM	#1
sulasu Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Nederland Device: Kobo h20 aura	I need to remove all subsequent (multiple) authors In my library i filled in multiple authors (with &), but i now see calibre/kobo have trouble with writing/reading the metadata for these books (with more than one author). When I upload books with more than one author, calibre is in 90% of all cases not capable to match the books between device/library, so "on device" stays empty (but the books have indeed landed on my kobo aura h20. This doesn't fail allways, but a lot. So, now i'm trying with search and replace to find the first & in author and delete all following authors (only keep the first). But, I can't manage to get the search string right. Who can help me?