Want two authors listed as one author

Ravenswd · 04-16-2012, 08:50 AM

My wife and I write books together, and self-publish on-line. We use Calibre to convert the stories to ePub and mobi formats.

If I enter our names as "Lehmann, Michelle and James", then Calibre converts our names into two authors, "Lehmann, Michelle" and "James". What I'd like is to keep it as one author, "Lehmann, Michelle and James".

I've gone into "tweaks" and tried to change:

authors_split_regex = '(?i),?\\s+(and|with)\\s+'

into:

authors_split_regex = '(?i),?\\s+(with)\\s+'

...which I feel is the right answer, but the change never saves. I make that change, exit Calibre, re-start, and then go back into Tweaks, and the original version of this value is there again.

If anyone could help me to either make this change, or find a way to work around it, I'd appreciate it. Thank-you.

kiwidude · 04-16-2012, 08:59 AM

Are you remembering to click on the "Apply" button? As changing the value works for me (not commenting on whether it would solve your actual issue with author names or not).

Ravenswd · 04-16-2012, 11:41 AM

Thanks for your help. When I read your message, I said to myself, "OF course I've been pressing the 'Apply' button." But I went into Calibre again anyway to make sure...

As it turns out, there's an "Apply" button at the bottom of the window, and a second "Apply" button at the top. I hadn't noticed the top one.

Now that I've got it figured out, it's working.

Thanks again for your help!

04-16-2012, 08:50 AM	#1
Ravenswd Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 499264 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Kindle Fire 7"	Want two authors listed as one author My wife and I write books together, and self-publish on-line. We use Calibre to convert the stories to ePub and mobi formats. If I enter our names as "Lehmann, Michelle and James", then Calibre converts our names into two authors, "Lehmann, Michelle" and "James". What I'd like is to keep it as one author, "Lehmann, Michelle and James". I've gone into "tweaks" and tried to change: authors_split_regex = '(?i),?\\s+(and\|with)\\s+' into: authors_split_regex = '(?i),?\\s+(with)\\s+' ...which I feel is the right answer, but the change never saves. I make that change, exit Calibre, re-start, and then go back into Tweaks, and the original version of this value is there again. If anyone could help me to either make this change, or find a way to work around it, I'd appreciate it. Thank-you.

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04-16-2012, 08:59 AM	#2
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,726 Karma: 2197770 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	Are you remembering to click on the "Apply" button? As changing the value works for me (not commenting on whether it would solve your actual issue with author names or not).

04-16-2012, 11:41 AM	#3
Ravenswd Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 499264 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Kindle Fire 7"	Thanks for your help. When I read your message, I said to myself, "OF course I've been pressing the 'Apply' button." But I went into Calibre again anyway to make sure... As it turns out, there's an "Apply" button at the bottom of the window, and a second "Apply" button at the top. I hadn't noticed the top one. Now that I've got it figured out, it's working. Thanks again for your help!

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