I love humor that only librarians can appreciate fully. Today I was alerted to a fantastic blog post by author Steve Landsburg. (Thanks, Michael K.)

Suppose you’d written a book. And suppose, for some odd reason, that your middle name happened to be “And”. …

Now suppose, even more oddly, that your name contained a comma. …

Now take this one step further and suppose your name contained both the word “And” and a comma. Perhaps more than once. Suppose, for example, that your name happened to be The Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Horse and Ass Meat Research Group. Then, in accordance with its not unreasonable rules, Amazon’s software would conclude that there are three separate authors, namely:

• Chilled the Fresh
• Frozen Horse
• Ass Meat Research Group

Ah, it’s the little things that make being a librarian so special.

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