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AAVV

Needs sorting out. Many books have authors that are not listed.
Thanks,

FYI, for librarians working on this, it is a translation of "Various".

I've updated the Spanish books there with the corresponding authors and/or editors.

Question though, when there's no info about the authors, should the Italian/Spanish variants of Various be kept or moved to Various? (Not only this one but there's also the properly punctuated AA. VV. and the full forms Autori Vari / Autores Varios).
If Various is to be used, what happens when the actual AA. VV. is on the cover (like in this example: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...), should it be listed as a secondary author?.

Javier wrote: "when there's no info about the authors, should the Italian/Spanish variants of Various be kept or moved to Various?"

Moved to Various, even if the cover has a synonym (in whatever language) for it. Various (or Multiple Authors, or AA. VV.) is not an author name or a pen-name. It's simply an indication of multiple unnamed contributors.

Of course, we prefer to list as many actual authors as possible instead. But when none are known, we use Various.

Sherry wrote: "AAVV

Needs sorting out. Many books have authors that are not listed.
Thanks,"

Done.

Sherry wrote: "AAVV

Needs sorting out. Many books have authors that are not listed.
Thanks,"
Thanks! Who knew....