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davidfor · 08-28-2020, 11:13 PM

@gogu1904: Yes, that is how the Kobo devices work. They expect the authors to be in the format "FN1 LN1, FN2 LN2". That is not actually wrong, just different than how you want it. Which is also different to what calibre uses.

There is a possible error in that Kobo only reads the first dc:creator tag in the OPF file. But, that is probably a lacking rather than an actual error.

This has been extensively discussed here and in the Kobo forum. The general recommendations are:

Use "FN LN" for the authors in calibre.
If you want to display "LN, FN", use the author sort for this
For archiving the books elsewhere, use the author sort.
For Kobo devices, use a metadata plugboard to set the author in a way the device will understand. Assuming you have done the first item above, the following template does this:
Code:
```
program: raw_list('authors', ', ')
```

08-28-2020, 11:13 PM	#6
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	@gogu1904: Yes, that is how the Kobo devices work. They expect the authors to be in the format "FN1 LN1, FN2 LN2". That is not actually wrong, just different than how you want it. Which is also different to what calibre uses. There is a possible error in that Kobo only reads the first dc:creator tag in the OPF file. But, that is probably a lacking rather than an actual error. This has been extensively discussed here and in the Kobo forum. The general recommendations are: Use "FN LN" for the authors in calibre. If you want to display "LN, FN", use the author sort for this For archiving the books elsewhere, use the author sort. For Kobo devices, use a metadata plugboard to set the author in a way the device will understand. Assuming you have done the first item above, the following template does this: Code: program: raw_list('authors', ', ')