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This is certainly one of those annoying things about some ebooks.
On my device, I just create a variety of collections and place the ebook link where relevant.
So where I have more than one ebook by an author, any ebook they participate in will be added to their collection. Otherwise it goes as a single author entry in a Various collection.
With calibre I do it differently.
If the ebook is a co-authored one, and the list of author names is no greater than four authors, then each author name is separated by spaces and ampersands.
If there is more than four co-authors or the ebook is a various authors one (short story or omnibus collection), then the primary author name is just Various, and the author names, including any listed editor, get relocated to Comments and as Tags.
I primarily do this because I hate too many author names in the Author name column, for just one ebook. So I restrict it to a manageable number.
In any case, author names always go into Tags for me, which means you can click on a tag that is an author name, and every ebook featuring that author is then shown.
I remove all other tags, except I would add a tag for something like Robin Hood or Sherlock Holmes etc ... where a series is not restricted to just one author.
Many authors or publishers abuse the Tag field, which makes it pointless, so I long ago decided to just wipe the lot.
There should be a Genre field, that is limited to four values.
Just as there should be Co-Authors and Various Authors fields.
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