Formatting author names

mdietz39 · 04-19-2011, 07:37 AM

How do we format author names which do not fit to the "standard" format so such things as the Search the Internet plugin and sorts will "work"?

For example, "H. P. Lovecraft", the search parameters strip the periods after the initials which then does not find those web pages which have the periods in the names.

The other example, " A. E. Van Vogt", the search and sort parameters have the last name as just Vogt and not Van Vogt.

Thank you
Mike

Manichean · 04-19-2011, 08:31 AM

Sorting authors depends on the content of the author_sort field, which you can edit in the edit metadata dialog.
I just tested whether there's an issue with the search plugin by adding an empty book (H.P. Lovecraft, Necronomicon) and searching on Google and Wikipedia. Both had absolutely no problems getting hits with the stripped dots. What search engine are you searching on?

mdietz39 · 04-19-2011, 08:49 AM

The search for H. P. Lovecraft worked on Wikipedia, Internet Book List, and the Library of Congress. It failed on isfdb for author. It is no real big deal because if the search fails, then the web page displayed is for a manual search.

I am a bit of a purist and if I edit the author sort to have Van Vogt, A. E. it is displayed in red which rattles my psyche. Again no big deal.

I can solve the period problem by searching on last name only but if I do C. S. Lewis then I get a bunch of them

I use the search plugin all the time and really do love it.

chaley · 04-19-2011, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdietz39

I am a bit of a purist and if I edit the author sort to have Van Vogt, A. E. it is displayed in red which rattles my psyche. Again no big deal.

If you want that author to *always* have that sort value, change it for the author using the manage authors dialog. The red will go away.

Manichean · 04-19-2011, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdietz39

I am a bit of a purist and if I edit the author sort to have Van Vogt, A. E. it is displayed in red which rattles my psyche. Again no big deal.

If the field is red, Calibre thinks that, according to the method selected in preferences->tweaks->author sort name algorithm, the entry for author_sort is wrong. You should probably check the selected algorithm and select the one that's most appropriate for you- if in doubt, use 'comma'.

mdietz39 · 04-19-2011, 11:53 AM

Thank you both. Works like a charm. The more I use Calibre the more I find out what is possible. Quite a learning curve.

04-19-2011, 07:37 AM	#1
mdietz39 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 200 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New Mexico Device: Kindle v3.1	Formatting author names How do we format author names which do not fit to the "standard" format so such things as the Search the Internet plugin and sorts will "work"? For example, "H. P. Lovecraft", the search parameters strip the periods after the initials which then does not find those web pages which have the periods in the names. The other example, " A. E. Van Vogt", the search and sort parameters have the last name as just Vogt and not Van Vogt. Thank you Mike

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Author names like H. G. Wells	Ripplinger	Sony Reader	1	03-15-2011 12:28 PM
Author names	superplinio	Calibre	6	02-27-2010 04:58 AM
Munging unicode author names	AprilHare	Calibre	2	11-13-2009 09:42 PM
Author Names	ClockworkDragon	Sony Reader	1	12-01-2008 04:39 PM
How to add author names?	pshrynk	Amazon Kindle	16	06-06-2008 01:33 AM

04-19-2011, 08:31 AM	#2
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Sorting authors depends on the content of the author_sort field, which you can edit in the edit metadata dialog. I just tested whether there's an issue with the search plugin by adding an empty book (H.P. Lovecraft, Necronomicon) and searching on Google and Wikipedia. Both had absolutely no problems getting hits with the stripped dots. What search engine are you searching on?

04-19-2011, 08:49 AM	#3
mdietz39 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 200 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New Mexico Device: Kindle v3.1	The search for H. P. Lovecraft worked on Wikipedia, Internet Book List, and the Library of Congress. It failed on isfdb for author. It is no real big deal because if the search fails, then the web page displayed is for a manual search. I am a bit of a purist and if I edit the author sort to have Van Vogt, A. E. it is displayed in red which rattles my psyche. Again no big deal. I can solve the period problem by searching on last name only but if I do C. S. Lewis then I get a bunch of them I use the search plugin all the time and really do love it.

04-19-2011, 11:53 AM	#6
mdietz39 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 200 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New Mexico Device: Kindle v3.1	Thank you both. Works like a charm. The more I use Calibre the more I find out what is possible. Quite a learning curve.

Advert

Advert