using a semicolon for author separator in author sort

[Rellwood]

I want to send some anthologies to my Kindle, but the way Amazon separates multiple authors is by a semicolon.

I have the plugboard to send author sort in the author field so it at least is sorted correctly, but how can I get the ampersands to change to semicolons?

[theducks]

Use Author sort for Author is in Preferences:Output options
Calibre builds the Author list on send. (each author is in the main DB as an individual entry. The book entry has their ID's.
Try NOT using the plugboard for Authors.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by Rellwood

I want to send some anthologies to my Kindle, but the way Amazon separates multiple authors is by a semicolon.

I have the plugboard to send author sort in the author field so it at least is sorted correctly, but how can I get the ampersands to change to semicolons?

Change the plugboard template to

program: re($author_sort, ' & ', '; ')

EDIT: FWIW: a Kobo requires something similar, changing the separator to a comma and passing the authors FN LN. My authors are LN, FN. I use this plugboard to make the changes:

program:
	comma = '';
	res = '';
	for author in $authors separator '&':
		res = strcat(res, comma, swap_around_comma(author));
		comma = ', '
	rof;
	res