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Old 11-27-2014, 04:32 PM   #1
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Frustrating search for one word names
I am having trouble searching for one word author names such as Avi. When I search I get all the David names lol.

Is there an effective way to search for just the author name? Once I find a particular title by the author and select similar books by same author I get just the books by Avi so there must be a way to search but I'm afraid I've missed how to do it lol.
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Old 11-27-2014, 04:43 PM   #2
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I am having trouble searching for one word author names such as Avi. When I search I get all the David names lol.

Is there an effective way to search for just the author name? Once I find a particular title by the author and select similar books by same author I get just the books by Avi so there must be a way to search but I'm afraid I've missed how to do it lol.
did you include an = sign?
authors:"=Me"
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Once I find a particular title by the author and select similar books by same author I get just the books by Avi so there must be a way to search but I'm afraid I've missed how to do it lol.
@LadyKate = I assume after doing that the search term is :

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authors:"=Avi"
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Old 11-27-2014, 05:16 PM   #4
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Or alternatively click the author name in the tag browser, which will automatically fill in the search for
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authors:"=Full_author_name"
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Old 11-28-2014, 04:57 AM   #5
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DUH. I must have been on auto pilot the last few days. I should have seen that. So bleeding dumb of me lol.

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