Single author with "and" in name

wildfire070 · 04-16-2024, 11:12 AM

Is there a way for Calibre to keep a single author name with the word "and" in it instead of automatically changing it to two separate names separated by the "&"?

For example, the author name is "Boots and Cats" but when adding their books to Calibre it changes to authors "Boots" & "Cats".

theducks · 04-16-2024, 11:28 AM

There is always an outlier that will bite us.

I know I have to hand correct Joe and Jane Smith -Joe Smith & Jane Smith (now 2 properly named authors)

in the Metadata editor. can you fix it there or is it auto corrected. Another idea is change and to _and_ (not horrific visually)

wildfire070 · 04-16-2024, 11:33 AM

It is autocorrected when I change it in the metadata editor. I also tried to change it in the tag browser but it also autocorrects.

theducks · 04-16-2024, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildfire070

It is autocorrected when I change it in the metadata editor. I also tried to change it in the tag browser but it also autocorrects.

I was afraid of that. (the parsing code is probably shared and tha makes sense as you may use the tag browser to fix any run together names

)
Then try my Plan 2: _and_

wildfire070 · 04-16-2024, 03:38 PM

I think I found it. There's a tweak for Splitting multiple author names. I edited to remove "and" from it and it seems to have solved it.

theducks · 04-16-2024, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildfire070

I think I found it. There's a tweak for Splitting multiple author names. I edited to remove "and" from it and it seems to have solved it.

But you just broke it for those where it is needed

for a small edge case.

wildfire070 · 04-16-2024, 03:54 PM

I edited the tweak, edited the specific author in question, and then reverted the tweak back and it kept that one author how I wanted it instead of autocorrecting back.

Quoth · 04-18-2024, 02:12 PM

Boots and Cats sounds like a waste as an author's name. Make a nice title.

A little change from "Puss in Boots".

toomuchreading · 04-18-2024, 05:01 PM

I've found the using the + (Plus) sign works good for those instances of company names in the author field where I don't want it split. For example Johnson and Johnson in my library is Johnson + Johnson. Might be easier to cope with.

BetterRed · 04-18-2024, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toomuchreading

I've found the using the + (Plus) sign works good for those instances of company names in the author field where I don't want it split. For example Johnson and Johnson in my library is Johnson + Johnson. Might be easier to cope with.

BR

04-16-2024, 11:12 AM	#1
wildfire070 Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 72 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Oasis, Scribe, Paperwhite // Boox Palma, Tab Mini // Supernote	Single author with "and" in name Is there a way for Calibre to keep a single author name with the word "and" in it instead of automatically changing it to two separate names separated by the "&"? For example, the author name is "Boots and Cats" but when adding their books to Calibre it changes to authors "Boots" & "Cats".

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04-16-2024, 11:28 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,254 Karma: 61360164 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	There is always an outlier that will bite us. I know I have to hand correct Joe and Jane Smith -Joe Smith & Jane Smith (now 2 properly named authors) in the Metadata editor. can you fix it there or is it auto corrected. Another idea is change and to _and_ (not horrific visually)

04-16-2024, 11:33 AM	#3
wildfire070 Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 72 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Oasis, Scribe, Paperwhite // Boox Palma, Tab Mini // Supernote	It is autocorrected when I change it in the metadata editor. I also tried to change it in the tag browser but it also autocorrects.

04-16-2024, 03:38 PM	#5
wildfire070 Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 72 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Oasis, Scribe, Paperwhite // Boox Palma, Tab Mini // Supernote	I think I found it. There's a tweak for Splitting multiple author names. I edited to remove "and" from it and it seems to have solved it.

04-16-2024, 03:54 PM	#7
wildfire070 Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 72 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Oasis, Scribe, Paperwhite // Boox Palma, Tab Mini // Supernote	I edited the tweak, edited the specific author in question, and then reverted the tweak back and it kept that one author how I wanted it instead of autocorrecting back.

04-18-2024, 02:12 PM	#8
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,991 Karma: 111111255 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Boots and Cats sounds like a waste as an author's name. Make a nice title. A little change from "Puss in Boots".

04-18-2024, 05:01 PM	#9
toomuchreading Groupie Posts: 183 Karma: 1720 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Libre Color	I've found the using the + (Plus) sign works good for those instances of company names in the author field where I don't want it split. For example Johnson and Johnson in my library is Johnson + Johnson. Might be easier to cope with.

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