Combine Book Title and Author

cga1982 · Today, 09:02 AM

Hi.
Is it possible to add a magazine's issue date (under the "Author) to the magazine's title in Calibre?
For example, if the magazine's title is "Computers" (under Title) and the magazine's issue date is "November 2026" (under Author), is it possible in Calibre to add the issue date to the magazine's title to show "Computers - November 2026"?
I know that I can just edit each one manually but this would take awhile for a large number of magazines.
Thank-you.

theducks · Today, 12:08 PM

I strongly recommend that you do NOT use the Author or title fields in any way other than for what it is. Other things may depend on that value
I suggest series for issue data.
eg: Analog [2005.05] (May issue 2005. always use 2 digit month ) note this falls apart for the 2 month issue, I just coded for the first. The advantage of my method is it sorts correctly

Today, 09:02 AM	#1
cga1982 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2025 Device: Fire HD 10	Combine Book Title and Author Hi. Is it possible to add a magazine's issue date (under the "Author) to the magazine's title in Calibre? For example, if the magazine's title is "Computers" (under Title) and the magazine's issue date is "November 2026" (under Author), is it possible in Calibre to add the issue date to the magazine's title to show "Computers - November 2026"? I know that I can just edit each one manually but this would take awhile for a large number of magazines. Thank-you.

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Today, 12:08 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 32,018 Karma: 65700000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I strongly recommend that you do NOT use the Author or title fields in any way other than for what it is. Other things may depend on that value I suggest series for issue data. eg: Analog [2005.05] (May issue 2005. always use 2 digit month ) note this falls apart for the 2 month issue, I just coded for the first. The advantage of my method is it sorts correctly

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