Dealing with multiple aliases

crossi · 04-06-2014, 03:00 PM

How do you deal with authors with multiple pen names? I've been using the name on the book but have been considering changing. There is one who has 3 main names: Krentz, Castle, and Quick. In one triology she has one book under each name which creates a bit of a mess keeping track of the series. I've considered keeping the author names as is but changing the author sorts to just one of the names. Has anyone tried this and does it work well?

Adoby · 04-06-2014, 03:06 PM

I usually specify two authors, first the one the book was published under, and also the real name. Not perfect, but good enough for me.

BetterRed · 04-06-2014, 06:21 PM

@crossi - I use the Author Link field to link to an AuthorInfo folder that's external to the calibre library - so Authors Krentz, Castle, and Quick would all link to the same folder.

So for example I have Authors - Mahmoud Abbas and Abu Mazin - they both link to the folder ...\AuthorInfo\Mahmoud Abbas, because Abu Mazin is Abbas' alias (kunya). And because it's external to calibre I can put whatever I like in the AuthorInfo folder.

I usually use the most widely recognised name, as the AuthorInfo folder name.

I tried a few other schemes before settling on this one. I use the AuthorInfo folders for other things too - links to author blogs, Amazon page, publisher pages, obits, etc.

BR

04-06-2014, 03:00 PM	#1
crossi Guru Posts: 992 Karma: 12000001 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle Wahington U.S. Device: kindle	Dealing with multiple aliases How do you deal with authors with multiple pen names? I've been using the name on the book but have been considering changing. There is one who has 3 main names: Krentz, Castle, and Quick. In one triology she has one book under each name which creates a bit of a mess keeping track of the series. I've considered keeping the author names as is but changing the author sorts to just one of the names. Has anyone tried this and does it work well?

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04-06-2014, 03:06 PM	#2
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,736 Karma: 26785668 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Thinkpad E595, Ubuntu Mate, Huawei Mediapad 5, Bouye Likebook Plus	I usually specify two authors, first the one the book was published under, and also the real name. Not perfect, but good enough for me.

04-06-2014, 06:21 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,655 Karma: 26966376 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@crossi - I use the Author Link field to link to an AuthorInfo folder that's external to the calibre library - so Authors Krentz, Castle, and Quick would all link to the same folder. So for example I have Authors - Mahmoud Abbas and Abu Mazin - they both link to the folder ...\AuthorInfo\Mahmoud Abbas, because Abu Mazin is Abbas' alias (kunya). And because it's external to calibre I can put whatever I like in the AuthorInfo folder. I usually use the most widely recognised name, as the AuthorInfo folder name. I tried a few other schemes before settling on this one. I use the AuthorInfo folders for other things too - links to author blogs, Amazon page, publisher pages, obits, etc. BR

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