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droopy · 09-06-2019, 05:42 PM

Hello fellow Kobo/Forma users,

Some multi-author ebooks I possess separate the authors with the ampersand symbol (&).
My Kobo Forma doesn't list multiauthor works 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.
This "author entry" will situate itself somewhere like this:

Code:

Lisa Badd
Ashley Galloway & Mark Bentham
Christopher Browning

This coauthored work, however, will not appear under G (for Galloway).

How do you all handle this sort of problem?

As for me, 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.

09-06-2019, 05:42 PM	#1
droopy Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	How do u deal with multiauthored books that separate coauthors with the "&" symbol? Hello fellow Kobo/Forma users, Some multi-author ebooks I possess separate the authors with the ampersand symbol (&). My Kobo Forma doesn't list multiauthor works 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. This "author entry" will situate itself somewhere like this: Code: Lisa Badd Ashley Galloway & Mark Bentham Christopher Browning This coauthored work, however, will not appear under G (for Galloway). How do you all handle this sort of problem? As for me, 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.