Replicate as book chapter

[hareiko]

I really think that the "Replicate as Book chapter" is a great new option. Congratulations!
However:
1. I used this command on a book entry in my database, for which I had already created some bookchapers as separate entries. The funny result was that Bookends opened a reference window, but not the newly created reference with empty title field but the alphabetically first reference of the previously entered book-chapter referencess from this work.
2. As it is now, "Replicate as Book chapter" creates a new reference, book chapter style, where the title has been transferred to the "book title" field correctly, but the author is still in the author field. The Book Author in a multi-author book however should be moved to the "Editor" field.
Best regards
Hans-Reinhard

[Jon]

1. I used this command on a book entry in my database, for which I had already created some bookchapers as separate entries. The funny result was that Bookends opened a reference window, but not the newly created reference with empty title field but the alphabetically first reference of the previously entered book-chapter referencess from this work.

I can't reproduce this. You mean you selected the book entry again and used Replicate As Book Chapter and an existing reference was shown in the reference window? If so, or something else unexpected happened, please contact me directly with instructions on how to reproduce this.

2. As it is now, "Replicate as Book chapter" creates a new reference, book chapter style, where the title has been transferred to the "book title" field correctly, but the author is still in the author field. The Book Author in a multi-author book however should be moved to the "Editor" field.

That's the right behavior. A book entry is by one or more authors. If you have a collection that was edited by a group but for which each chapter has a different authors that should be an Edited Book type.

Jon
Sonny Software

[sebheck]

Another question about this feature:
Would it be possible tom implement the backwards procedure? Meaning, replicate book chapter reference to book reference. I have lots of chapters and often need the entire book in the bibliography as well.

[Jon]

Yes, but I don't think that would be generally useful. It's pretty easy to just duplicate the chapter (Command-Shift-+) and then manually move the title into the title field by copy/paste.

Jon
Sonny Software