Thread: Calibre dropping 2nd name when there are multiple authors
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Old 04-25-2020, 06:12 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by A Lurker View Post
Well I shouldn't need a guide, right? It should be as simple as me typing two names into the "Author" field. For the five previous years that's all I needed to do. Worked perfectly. Not sure why it's not working now.

As far back as I have used calibre. you needed to use the '&' or 'and' to separate multiple author names in the Author field. Anything else gives "interesting" results in the Author Sort field.

Code:
     Author                           Author Sort result
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle    Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle  Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry
Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle      Pournelle, Larry Niven Jerry
Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle     Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Larry Niven; Jerry Pournelle     Pournelle, Larry Niven; Jerry
None of the other half dozen ways I've seen multiple author names separated worked.
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