Hi Sue, I don't have a sighted person here to look at the screen, but later tonight, I will ask Tony to look at some of these titles on the "new books" page and see what he can tell me. Maybe we'll be able to figure something out. *smile* Blessings. Lynnsky ----- Original Message ----- From: siss52 To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 5:57 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pet Peeve Hi Lynnsky!! Bravo for yoou! That is exactly what I am talking about. Thanks for these examples because I did not know how to copy them. But Carrie still may not believe it. She said that when she copies them to an email it shows up as and. Carrie, go to it like we would, not like you would. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynn I To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pet Peeve 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.45/2285 - Release Date: 08/06/09 05:57:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.45/2285 - Release Date: 08/06/09 05:57:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.45/2285 - Release Date: 08/06/09 05:57:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.45/2285 - Release Date: 08/06/09 05:57:00