Thread: What is the correct way to present the author's abbreviated name?
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Old 08-10-2025, 06:36 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Why not go with that's on the cover? On the cover, it's J.R.R. Tolkien.
Because covers (and copyright pages) are seriously inconsistent (even with the same publisher ).
I created an alternate authors type column (#pseudo4) because of author variants.
{authors} gets what is in the copyright page / cover (I do format any initials)
{#pseudo4} gets the primary / common name

Author Searches look at both
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