Sonny Software

Hi - I didn't see any posts on this issue when I searched. If there's already been a post about this, please point me to it.

When I use the CBE (Council of Biology Editors, now Council of Science Editors) format, I get weird results using the Edited Book type of reference. I believe this is just an issue with the CBE format, because when I change to other formats, I have no problems.

Here are some examples -

CBE:
Environmental Change and Human Adaptation in the Ancient American Southwest. 2006.
[note the missing editors, publisher, city, etc.]

Chicago 15th A:
Doyel, David E, and Jeffrey S Dean, (eds.) Environmental Change and Human Adaptation in the Ancient American Southwest. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2006.

When I add in a fake series title & volume number -

CBE:
Environmental Change and Human Adaptation in the Ancient American Southwest. Fake Series 12006.

[note the same problems as above, with the volume number jammed up against the year]

Chicago 15th A:
Doyel, David E, and Jeffrey S Dean, (eds.) Environmental Change and Human Adaptation in the Ancient American Southwest. Vol. 1, Fake Series. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2006.

I also use the American Antiquity (incorrectly designated "Antiquities" in the list) format. When I format the above example using that style, it looks like my "fake series" and volume number don't show up:

Doyel, David E, and Jeffrey S Dean (editors)
2006 Environmental Change and Human Adaptation in the Ancient American Southwest. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

Has anyone noticed this before? These are problems for me.

Hi,

The CBE format we include does not have an Edited Book Type, so Bookends will format that reference in the the first Type it finds (Journal article). If you add an Edited Book Type, the reference should work as you wish.

Jon
Sonny Software

Thanks. I guess I'll have to do something like that for the American Antiquity issue, too.

Any chance these can be fixed in a later version?

This is my first version (9.0.6). Will upgrading Bookends later on affect these changes I'll have to make?

If you create a new format based upon the existing one and editing that, it will be stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Bookends/Custom Formats, and so will not be touched when you update.

Jon
Sonny Software