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Main Author Field

1EME1963
Sep 23, 2024, 11:38 pm

It appears that you cannot add a second author to the main author field and if you add the second author to the additional authors field it doesn't show as part of the main information. There should be a way to do this. Discogs has an option for things like split singles and collaborations by artists. As I begin adding books to the data base I quickly ran into the fact that Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (that's how it reads on the cover) showed only Terry as the author. I added Neil to the additional authors and his name doesn't pop. I only see it when I go into the edit function, at least not on my laptop. Collaborations of this kind aren't common, but they're not unheard of either. There should be a way to give both authors proper credit. If I'm missing something please educate me. If i'm not, this should be a fairly easy, and appropriate thing to fix.

2MarthaJeanne
Edited: Sep 24, 2024, 2:55 am

Make sure the second author is entered both in your entry, and on the work. There is an Other authors field in Edit Book, and also on the main work page. Having it in your copy will make it show at the top of the work page for you. Having it on the work page will make it show on both author pages.

Good Omens

Such things are very common in nonfiction. But having more than one primary author would really mess up basic functions, such as sorting by author.