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Old 05-18-2025, 07:07 AM   #1
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Authors - How to make all FirstName Lastname?

Authors - How to make all FirstName Lastname?
I have many books in library.
Some have authors shown as "John Smith", but others as "Smith, John".
Is there a quick way to make them all the first of those orders?
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The Quality Check plugin has an option under Fix > Swap Author FN LN <-> LN, FN that should do the job.
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The Quality Check plugin has an option under Fix > Swap Author FN LN <-> LN, FN that should do the job.
enuddleyarbl - thanks very much for your help. I have no advanced knowledge of ereaders and up to now have been using my Kobo Libra 2 in the most basic way.
I had never come across plugins, and so that was a useful bit of learning.
I suppose every problem can be treated as a learning opportunity.

The Quality Check plugin was able to find all the author names with commas and the fix them to FN LN.

Once more, thanks very much - and, if you have time, what should I learn next?
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