MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - How do you differentiate between author and editor of a book?

theducks · 08-28-2019, 09:57 AM

I use an auxiliary authors field FOR:
The real authors name if the cover shows both (eg X writing as Y)
Y goes in the {Authors} even tho it is a pen name, X goes in the {#AuxA}

If the list of Authors is >2, They go in #AuxA and 1)the Editor goes in Authors as: Jo Smith (ed) 2) <Various> when there is no clear editor

I also TREAT Translators, Illustrators the same way
Jane Smith (trans), Irving Jones (trans)

Paren do not seem to affect the sort

I started doing this because my original reader used file names and I needed to keep it short

08-28-2019, 09:57 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,094 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I use an auxiliary authors field FOR: The real authors name if the cover shows both (eg X writing as Y) Y goes in the {Authors} even tho it is a pen name, X goes in the {#AuxA} If the list of Authors is >2, They go in #AuxA and 1)the Editor goes in Authors as: Jo Smith (ed) 2) <Various> when there is no clear editor I also TREAT Translators, Illustrators the same way Jane Smith (trans), Irving Jones (trans) Paren do not seem to affect the sort I started doing this because my original reader used file names and I needed to keep it short