[bksvol-discuss] Re: Pet Peeve
- From: "Lynn I" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:53:35 -0500
Hi Carrie and Sue,
I didn't read the beginning of this thread so I hope I'm not misunderstanding
what you're referring to, Sue.
On the (browse new books) page books by multiple authors are being presented
with an "and" between author names. Here are some examples I copied from that
page.
block quote
Martin And Meditations On The South Valley by Baca, Jimmy Santiago .
and Levertov, Denise
How To Be An Egyptian Princess by Morley, Jacqueline .
and Hewetson, Nicholas J.
Japanese Light by Baldwin, Jan .
and Barber, Kimiko
block quote end
HTH
Blessings.
Lynn I
----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie Karnos
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 5:30 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pet Peeve
Hi Sue,
When I look at the new books page, I see dots between author names, no "and"s
anywhere in the author field. Maybe screen readers convert dots to "and"s? No
idea.
Carrie
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From: siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 2:58:07 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pet Peeve
Carrie,
When I look at the new books page, I see it as "and". That is how I found
those two examples today. I did not get them from John's list. Not on the
book information page, but on the page people see before they click on that
page.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie Karnos
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 4:32 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pet Peeve
Now I'm really confused. I don't see the word "and" anywhere in the metadata
for The Coral Reef. Its authors are Karen Zipkas <dot> Mark Norman. And if you
look on its book information page, you can find "Other books by Karen Zipkas"
and "Other books by Mark Norman", meaning that the system thinks that they are
two separate authors.
I may have solved the mystery. I just copied the author field over to this
email, and it was copied as "Karen Zipkas and Mark Norman" even though on the
screen it's Karen Zipkas <dot> Mark Norman. Maybe whenever the system sees the
<dot> between author names, it says "and" instead. Has it always done this, or
is this saying "and" new?
In any event, the system is not concatenating two author names as one, which
was my main concern.
Carrie
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From: siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 1:39:16 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pet Peeve
Hi Carrie,
Two of them are The Coral Reef, and The Grand Inquisitor. There are more, I
know. But I found these two in the second hundred books.
Sue S.
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