Homonymous authors

BlackWinny · Yesterday, 05:52 PM

Hi everybody,

I'd like to know how you manage the homonymous authors in your Calibre.

I have had a look in the search tool for this word homonymous in our forum but didn't find any answer for that point (perhaps I made a wrong search...).

Here is an example that I have to manage in my own library. In France we have two famous authors whose name is Alexandre Astier (hence Astier, Alexandre in the Author Sort field). One is an artist and the other is an historian researcher.

I'd like to have them as two distinct entries in my library. How could I do?

Thanks a lot for your kind replies!

Cheers,
Jacques

theducks · Yesterday, 06:05 PM

I put the non-authorial role in ( )
Joe (ed)
Mike (illus)
Mary (trans)
The sort ignore that part

BetterRed · Yesterday, 06:19 PM

I would do this :

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BlackWinny · Yesterday, 08:26 PM

Great! Thanks to both of you, theducks and BetterRed!

I hadn't tried the possibility to create two entries having a same "sort value" in the Authors table with only the "visible column" being different...

An additional thank to you BetterRed to have taken the time to make an example in picture.

Jacques

Yesterday, 05:52 PM	#1
BlackWinny Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: France Device: Win11 Acer 17" laptop + Win11 Yonis 10" Tablet	Homonymous authors Hi everybody, I'd like to know how you manage the homonymous authors in your Calibre. I have had a look in the search tool for this word homonymous in our forum but didn't find any answer for that point (perhaps I made a wrong search...). Here is an example that I have to manage in my own library. In France we have two famous authors whose name is Alexandre Astier (hence Astier, Alexandre in the Author Sort field). One is an artist and the other is an historian researcher. I'd like to have them as two distinct entries in my library. How could I do? Thanks a lot for your kind replies! Cheers, Jacques

Yesterday, 06:19 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,489 Karma: 32600658 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	I would do this : BR

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Yesterday, 06:05 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,606 Karma: 64144480 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I put the non-authorial role in ( ) Joe (ed) Mike (illus) Mary (trans) The sort ignore that part

Yesterday, 08:26 PM	#4
BlackWinny Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: France Device: Win11 Acer 17" laptop + Win11 Yonis 10" Tablet	Great! Thanks to both of you, theducks and BetterRed! I hadn't tried the possibility to create two entries having a same "sort value" in the Authors table with only the "visible column" being different... An additional thank to you BetterRed to have taken the time to make an example in picture. Jacques

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