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enuddleyarbl · 03-04-2025, 09:14 PM

This is a bit silly, but the spousal unit just caught this. I've got one book in my collection where the author's middle initial is recorded in the metadata with a period (i.e., "Jim C. Hines"). All other books with an author's middle initial are without a period (for example, all the other books by "Jim C Hines"). I don't know why or how I managed that. My preference is for all those middle initials to have a period. But, is there a standard for this?

03-04-2025, 09:14 PM	#1
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 777 Karma: 1538394 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Forma	Author's Middle Initial: Period or No Period? This is a bit silly, but the spousal unit just caught this. I've got one book in my collection where the author's middle initial is recorded in the metadata with a period (i.e., "Jim C. Hines"). All other books with an author's middle initial are without a period (for example, all the other books by "Jim C Hines"). I don't know why or how I managed that. My preference is for all those middle initials to have a period. But, is there a standard for this?