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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
You can add multiple authors by using the & delimiter and edit the author sort field directly using the edit meta information dialog. You can also customize how metadata is read from filenames view Preferences->Add/Save
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Thanks for your reply. I see what you are saying about multiple authors. Of course with these authors one still has to tweak it:
Authors:
Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Lackey, Mercedes
Author Sort:
Zimmer, Bradley, Marion & Mercedes, Lackey,
This is manageable, but my main problem is with the other several thousand books I have. They are, unfortunately, already named in the format I have mentioned. Swapping the 1st & last name wouldn't work due to the extraneous info in their titles, and bringing them in without the sway yields correctly parsed data in the title & authors fields. Then author sort comes along and screws it all up.
So, I'll ask again, is there any way to modify, work around it or over-ride it, without having to edit each entry manually? If not, is a fix for this something we are likely to see in the future? I don't mind paying for such a useful application.
