Answers.Body: <p>This was kind a hard nut to crack...
  Regarding <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1320600" rel="nofollow">this issue</a> this functionality is currently not available nor planned for the future.</p>
  
  <p>In fact there is a workaround to more or less solve this issue. There is a real master tool called 'Metadata Plugboards' <a href="http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_and_Calibre_Plugboards" rel="nofollow">hidden in the settings</a>. This allows you to modify metadata when media is exported (save to disk, send per mail or upload to device etc. - this applies not when you simply convert to another format).</p>
  
  <p>The tool gives you a lot of options - For this example I just chose <code>any format -&gt; any device</code>. Then you can specify what should go to which metadata field. Select <code>authors</code> as target and enter the following template code</p>
  
  <pre><code>{authors:contains(calibre,{title},{authors})}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This replaces the author field with the title, if the author currently contains <code>calibre</code>, otherwise the authors field remains untouched.</p>
  
  <p>More details on the template language are available at the <a href="http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html" rel="nofollow">calibre manual</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Splendid, thank you @Daniel. I was having problems with this but upgrading to 1.47 appeared to sort this out. 
  I note that the changes are only reflected in the document once it gets sent rather than in Calibre but that isn't an issue. Thanks again.
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Body: <p>I have a few news downloads set up in Calibre (BBC, Guardian and a few custom ones as well).
  I note that once they are downloaded that the 'Author(s)' column for the publication is set to 'calibre'.</p>
  
  <p>Ideally, I would like this to reflect the actual publication, or, more generally, I'd like to be able to configure this myself. I have looked around in the docs, within the python script and generally on the net for answers but I can't see a way of doing this. I don't want to have to manually edit the metadata as this kind of defies the point of an automated download.</p>
  
Tags: <calibre>
Title: Calibre custom news source - How to set publication author(s)
UserDisplayName: Steve Martin
ThreadText: # Calibre custom news source - How to set publication author(s)
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-23)
  
  I have a few news downloads set up in Calibre (BBC, Guardian and a few custom ones as well).
  I note that once they are downloaded that the 'Author(s)' column for the publication is set to 'calibre'.
  
  Ideally, I would like this to reflect the actual publication, or, more generally, I'd like to be able to configure this myself. I have looked around in the docs, within the python script and generally on the net for answers but I can't see a way of doing this. I don't want to have to manually edit the metadata as this kind of defies the point of an automated download.
  
  **Tags:** calibre
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-08-01. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  This was kind a hard nut to crack...
  Regarding [this issue](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1320600) this functionality is currently not available nor planned for the future.
  
  In fact there is a workaround to more or less solve this issue. There is a real master tool called 'Metadata Plugboards' [hidden in the settings](http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_and_Calibre_Plugboards). This allows you to modify metadata when media is exported (save to disk, send per mail or upload to device etc. - this applies not when you simply convert to another format).
  
  The tool gives you a lot of options - For this example I just chose `any format -> any device`. Then you can specify what should go to which metadata field. Select `authors` as target and enter the following template code
  
  ```
  {authors:contains(calibre,{title},{authors})}
  
  ```
  
  This replaces the author field with the title, if the author currently contains `calibre`, otherwise the authors field remains untouched.
  
  More details on the template language are available at the [calibre manual](http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Splendid, thank you @username_1. I was having problems with this but upgrading to 1.47 appeared to sort this out.  I note that the changes are only reflected in the document once it gets sent rather than in Calibre but that isn't an issue. Thanks again.  
  
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