Easily swap LN,FN to FN LN for author?

[DMee]

Hi,

Just uploaded some new eBooks and some have LN,FN and others have FN LN

I prefer FN LN, and having LN,FN has screwed up my Author Sort field :-(

Try as I might I ca't find an easy way, once I've selected all the "incorrect" authors to swap LN & FN

HELP!!!

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by DMee

Try as I might I ca't find an easy way, once I've selected all the "incorrect" authors to swap LN & FN

The easiest way is to remove them and re-add them with the swap author names checked in the Add books preferences.

[DMee]

Hmmmmm by time sorted which to reimport will prob be easier to edit the authors individually :-(

Oh for the option to select a bundle and rejig the author names en masse :-(

[theducks]

Originally Posted by DMee

Oh for the option to select a bundle and rejig the author names en masse :-(

It is called Bulk Metadata Edit Mode
Select Books to fix (suggest a particular pattern, grouping)
Tap "E"
Switch to the Search and Replace Tab.
Build you pattern in the WYSIWYG (test) form

You can save your terms for later reuse

[DMee]

OK, an old thread I know but don't get much time to play :-)

Try as I might I can't fathom a pattern to produce what I want

As I see it I need to grab everything before a comma, =>LN, everything after (up to colon) => FN, output then becomes FN+space+LN+everything from colon onwards

Then keep redoing until no more commas.

So.... any coding wizzards wanna help??

[chaley]

Unless you really want to play with regular expressions, try the quality check plugin. It has the ability to change authors from FN LN to LN, FN and vice versa.

As for the regexp, I don't understand what you are trying to do. Why are there colons in author names? Are you trying to reimport the books and changing the import regular expression?

Finally, and responding to your first post, if in the Author sort name algorithm tweak you set author_sort_copy_method = 'comma', then calibre will be able to cope with both FN LN and LN, FN names. Preferences -> Tweaks -> Author sort name algorithm.

[DMee]

Unless you really want to play with regular expressions, try the quality check plugin. It has the ability to change authors from FN LN to LN, FN and vice versa

OMG!!! Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou!!!

It doesn't handle badly formatted multiple authors for anyone else reading but it was a godsend!!!

As for the regexp, I don't understand what you are trying to do. Why are there colons in author names? Are you trying to reimport the books and changing the import regular expression?

The "Bulk edit metadata, use search replace" answer - if you go in there then it says multiple data gets separated by colons - the author data it showed me had e.g.

Smith, Paul : Jones, Tom

So I thought I would have to keep looping round until commas all gone using colons as delimiters for surnames..... however your answer meant I didn't :-)

Finally, and responding to your first post, if in the Author sort name algorithm tweak you set author_sort_copy_method = 'comma', then calibre will be able to cope with both FN LN and LN, FN names. Preferences -> Tweaks -> Author sort name algorithm.

Thanks for that pointer too - buried away a bit that!! However, still needed to edit the names as I use Dropbox and calibre2opds to produce a website I can browse all my books from and needed correct author names - still annoys me that some sites send back LN,FN when you ask for metadata and others don't - can't reliably select a load of books and leave it be - still have loads of checking to do might as well search individually :-(

But anyway, back to thread in question - all answered brilliantly Many Many thanks - I owe you a pint

[Lisa3]

When I save files to Single Directory it saves them with the title first - the author's first name, author's last name.

Before this upgrade it was:

author's last name, first name - title

How do I get that back?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Lisa3

When I save files to Single Directory it saves them with the title first - the author's first name, author's last name.

Before this upgrade it was:

author's last name, first name - title

How do I get that back?

Change the Save to disk Template in Preferences:
{author_sort} - {title}

Note:this will not affect the INTERNAL structure of your Library (that is not what STD does)

[Lisa3]

Thanks...bless you!

[Rob557]

On the issue of converting LN, FN to FN LN there was some additional helpful input last week from unboggling, chaley and kiwidude at the following link (although involving the use of regular expressions and/or templates):

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=184507