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Old 07-28-2017, 02:11 PM   #1
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I have a question about Calibre & Punctuation.
I was searching in Calibre's Search Bar for the author Elizabeth A Reeves and got no results. I knew that I had at least one of her books, so I searched the authors names myself and found Elizabeth A. Reeves. Is there a way to search the author's names and have any punctuation ignored?
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Old 07-28-2017, 05:10 PM   #2
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works for me:

stephen r donaldson finds all Stephen R. Donaldson

Take a look on the little gear left in the search bar and / or Preferences ->Interface ->Searching
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Old 07-28-2017, 06:19 PM   #3
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When searching it can be a good idea to cut down the search term. Calibre will match against all the characters supplied, so omitting some can widen the search.
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Is there a way to search the author's names and have any punctuation ignored?
Yes, omit the initials in the search term, I would have used authors:"elizabeth reeves"

I'm guessing you used authors:"=Elizabeth A Reeves", the '=' signals you're looking for an exact match, its absence signals you're looking for a contains match.

If I wanted to be precise, I would have looked in the Tag browser for 'Elizabeth A. Reeves' in the Authors/R list.

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