Author Name Hassles

MarjaE · 05-03-2021, 10:21 PM

Hi,

I run into repeated trouble with author names, and am looking for solutions.

1. Some publishers flip names around for easier sorting, but, well, not everyone uses the same naming conventions, and not everyone flips names around, so it can lead to harder sorting and I want to undo that. With 2 names, LN, FN > FN LN. I already use Clean Metadata for this, and it usually works well.

2. I also want to strip titles, dates of birth and death, etc. So far I've had to do this by hand.

3. A lot of collab projects have a lot of authors. If it's FN LN, FN LN, ... FN LN, I have to replace the commas with &. If it's LN, FN, LN, FN, ... LN, FN, I don't know. So far I've usually done this by hand, sometimes by search & replace, would like an easier rsi-free option.

4. I often retype Romanization and Anglicization for consistency.

ownedbycats · 05-04-2021, 05:54 PM

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/regexp.html

Admittedly, the learning curve can be steep sometimes. https://regex101.com (switch to Python 2.7 mode) helps me a bit.

chaley · 05-04-2021, 06:35 PM

If you use "Manage Authors" from the Tag browser then you can make changes in one place. Changing an author there will change it in all books. Changing author_sort there does the same thing. Doing it this way is preferred over multiple search/replace because it is remembered for future books.

Once you make these changes, for future books you must ensure that the author(s) are spelled in the canonical fashion. If so then the "correct" author sort will come along for free.

05-03-2021, 10:21 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 942 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Author Name Hassles Hi, I run into repeated trouble with author names, and am looking for solutions. 1. Some publishers flip names around for easier sorting, but, well, not everyone uses the same naming conventions, and not everyone flips names around, so it can lead to harder sorting and I want to undo that. With 2 names, LN, FN > FN LN. I already use Clean Metadata for this, and it usually works well. 2. I also want to strip titles, dates of birth and death, etc. So far I've had to do this by hand. 3. A lot of collab projects have a lot of authors. If it's FN LN, FN LN, ... FN LN, I have to replace the commas with &. If it's LN, FN, LN, FN, ... LN, FN, I don't know. So far I've usually done this by hand, sometimes by search & replace, would like an easier rsi-free option. 4. I often retype Romanization and Anglicization for consistency.

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ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,394 Karma: 80947541 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/regexp.html Admittedly, the learning curve can be steep sometimes. https://regex101.com (switch to Python 2.7 mode) helps me a bit.

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chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,529 Karma: 8075744 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	If you use "Manage Authors" from the Tag browser then you can make changes in one place. Changing an author there will change it in all books. Changing author_sort there does the same thing. Doing it this way is preferred over multiple search/replace because it is remembered for future books. Once you make these changes, for future books you must ensure that the author(s) are spelled in the canonical fashion. If so then the "correct" author sort will come along for free.

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