Appending the Author to the Title of the publication in Calibre?

cga1982 · Today, 09:26 AM

Is it possible to have Calibre combine the Title of a publication and append the Author(s) to the end of the existing Title?

For example, if the Title of the publication is CGA1982 Magazine and the Author is June 2026, can Calibre combine the Author with the existing Title to come up with CGA1982 - June 2026 as the new Title in Calibre?

(I hope I have not confused everyone.)

Thank-you.

Glen

theducks · Today, 11:29 AM

A date is NOT an author as it is a 1 off

(sample data only)
Analog 1996.06 title <-- the date is the way to make the title unique
Ben Bova (ed) Author

2026.06 is the series for sorting
Davis Publications Publisher

Other that having a solid plan, you can put almost anything in a field (by value type)
The Author and Title fields as a PAIR are required to be a unique combination
Bulk mode Search and replace of the metadata editor is a tool to manipulate EXISTING field contents (you can insert (concatenate) additional string data)

Today, 09:26 AM	#1
cga1982 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2025 Device: Fire HD 10	Appending the Author to the Title of the publication in Calibre? Is it possible to have Calibre combine the Title of a publication and append the Author(s) to the end of the existing Title? For example, if the Title of the publication is CGA1982 Magazine and the Author is June 2026, can Calibre combine the Author with the existing Title to come up with CGA1982 - June 2026 as the new Title in Calibre? (I hope I have not confused everyone.) Thank-you. Glen

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,947 Karma: 64187770 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	A date is NOT an author as it is a 1 off (sample data only) Analog 1996.06 title <-- the date is the way to make the title unique Ben Bova (ed) Author 2026.06 is the series for sorting Davis Publications Publisher Other that having a solid plan, you can put almost anything in a field (by value type) The Author and Title fields as a PAIR are required to be a unique combination Bulk mode Search and replace of the metadata editor is a tool to manipulate EXISTING field contents (you can insert (concatenate) additional string data)

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