I'm not sure that I would agree that people producing the text should try to make the author name they are submitting "exactly the same" as what already appears in the PG catalog. There has never been an agreement (that I am aware of) on what the metadata in the PG header is supposed to be... An exact transcription of material on the title page? A "working title" (and author), used as the file is being processed? A LoC-style heading? All three of these are different things. In my experience having someone who is not used to the dealing with the catalog trying to make cataloging descions can only lead to more confusion. Andrew On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Marcello Perathoner wrote:
1. You should direct your catalog questions to catalog@pglaf.org
2. Aforementioned phenomenon happens because the automagic catalog script just reads the ebook header to get at the author. If the spelling is different from the spelling already in the database a duplicate author entry will be created. To avoid this, just search the gutenberg catalog before posting your ebook and if you find your author make sure your spelling is *exactly* the same.
3. I will fix this right now and tomorrow new pages will be created.