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theducks · 01-02-2024, 08:59 AM

I expect it is all about the order of the metadata as entered in the book by the publisher.

Polish, not convert when possible (to avoid other changes). This embeds current Library metadata.

Some folk put the supporting staff into a custom 'authors' type column.
I simply put those roles inside (). Joe Wordsmith (trans), Irma Painter (illus)

01-02-2024, 08:59 AM	#2
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 expect it is all about the order of the metadata as entered in the book by the publisher. Polish, not convert when possible (to avoid other changes). This embeds current Library metadata. Some folk put the supporting staff into a custom 'authors' type column. I simply put those roles inside (). Joe Wordsmith (trans), Irma Painter (illus)