Program usage is primarily as a companion to my other Calibre assisting programs and Calibre itself. It only does a couple of basic things, similar to parts of my programs.

i.e. Authors To TAGs, UpdateFromOPF

If those programs are used correctly, then Fix Author Names should not be needed, except maybe for ebook entries that preceded their use or need correcting from earlier versions.


Fix Author Names essentially does three things.

1) Removes a trailing period (fullstop) from the end of the list, if it exists.

2) Turns Lastname Firstname to Firstname Lastname, for one or more entries separated by space ampersand space.

i.e. 'Smith, John & Peters, Mike' are changed to 'John Smith & Mike Peters'

3) Every author name is enclosed in curly brackets, ready to be added as tags to calibre.

i.e. 'John Smith & Mike Peters' is changed to '{John Smith}, {Mike Peters}'

NOTE - The names are not required to be encased in curly brackets for calibre, but I use them to diffentiate them from other types of tags. In fact, I generally relocate other tags to the Comments (Description) section of a calibre ebook entry (metadata).

That said, I do allow some other types of tags, which I also encase in the curly brackets, which might be something like {Silo Saga} or some other kind of collection name. This is particularly the case, where you have sub series or similar. An example of that would be Terry Brooks' Shannara series, that consists of many sub series. Effectively you can only enter one series in the calibre field for series, and so adding other series as tags is a way to overcome that limit. In that scenario, I would list the sub series in the series field and the main series (i.e. Shannara or Shannara Chronicles) as a tag for each ebook. When you then select that tag in calibre, all the relevant ebooks and sub series will then be displayed.

(v1.2 UPDATE)
'John Smith, Mike Peters' is also changed to '{John Smith}, {Mike Peters}'
'UNDO LAST change' button & process added.

(v1.3)
Titlecase button and process added.

(v1.4)
Uppercase button and process added. Most buttons moved around to suit a taller window and new features. An 'On Top' button and feature were added. Info button added. Text copied from below the cover image of an ebook in your Kobo library, can now be converted to a suitable 'Save As' filename when downloading that ebook (if DRM Free). Removal of illegal filename characters supported, plus report on length of filename if over 255 characters. The position of the program window is now saved on exit and restored on restart.

(v1.5)
Leading, trailing or central 'The' can be relocated one way or the other.
i.e. 'The Big Deal' changed to 'Big Deal, The' or vice-a-versa.
or 'The Big Deal - Opening Chapter' changed to 'Big Deal, The - Opening Chapter' or vice-a-versa.
