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droopy · 09-06-2019, 05:31 PM

Some multi-author ebooks I possess separate the authors with the ampersand symbol (&). In Calibre, that's not a problem. But in Kobo Forma's listing of authors, it doesn't work very well.
Say I have a book written by Ashley Galloway and Mark Bentham. In my Forma, it will show up under Bentham, but not under Galloway.

I realized that I have to edit the author metadata from

Code:

Ashley Galloway & Mark Bentham

to

Code:

Ashley Galloway, Mark Bentham

Forma interprets the comma symbol correctly.

When I make this change, the book will now correctly appear both under Galloway and Bentham.

My question is: Is there a way for Calibre to automatically and smartly convert coauthored books with the ampersand symbol into commas?
Or: Is there a patch to make my Forma correctly interpret the ampersand symbol?

09-06-2019, 05:31 PM	#1
droopy Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	I want Calibre to auto convert "&" in multiauthored books into "," (comma) Some multi-author ebooks I possess separate the authors with the ampersand symbol (&). In Calibre, that's not a problem. But in Kobo Forma's listing of authors, it doesn't work very well. Say I have a book written by Ashley Galloway and Mark Bentham. In my Forma, it will show up under Bentham, but not under Galloway. I realized that I have to edit the author metadata from Code: Ashley Galloway & Mark Bentham to Code: Ashley Galloway, Mark Bentham Forma interprets the comma symbol correctly. When I make this change, the book will now correctly appear both under Galloway and Bentham. My question is: Is there a way for Calibre to automatically and smartly convert coauthored books with the ampersand symbol into commas? Or: Is there a patch to make my Forma correctly interpret the ampersand symbol? Last edited by droopy; 09-06-2019 at 05:37 PM.