diff --git a/README b/README
index cb5e477..7fdc859 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ python3 main.py
 
 ### TODO: 
 	- need to save a book
-		- still missing author, publisher, genre, notes, blurb.  not sure about series/loan/subbook, etc.
+		- still missing publisher, notes, blurb.  
+		- not sure about series/loan/subbook, etc.
 	- need to create all classes (green + button)
 	- need to delete all classes (and watch for referential integrity)
+	- need to add 1 author to book, book to sub_book, series
+	- need to delete 1 author from book
 	- need to delete 1 book from sub_book, series, loan
+	- need to create/add books to loan
 	- add stats page
 	- show books on shelf list
 	- show books to buy view / printable
@@ -41,3 +45,14 @@ python3 main.py
 	offer to move parent/child series orders as well to match (think Thomas Covenant)
 	
 
+### WARNING WARNING, edit book has broken publisher setting on GET of /book/<id>, DONT SAVE, until FIX as per below ###
+	need to get publisher to be a single 1-to-many Foreign key, not linkage many-to-many table
+	think I recall add new field to book (new_pub_id) as Foreign key
+	use ORM to copy into new_pub_id, from publisher[0].id
+	rename publisher to old_pub_field
+	rename new_pub_id to publisher
+	TEST
+	delete book_publisher_link table
+	delete column old_pub_field 
+	profit
+	
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 4819b3a..5d33496 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Book(db.Model):
         return
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "<id: {}, author: {}, title: {}, year_published: {}, rating: {}, condition: {}, owned: {}, covertype: {}, notes: {}, blurb: {}, created: {}, modified: {}, publisher: {}, parent: {}>".format(self.id, self.author, self.title, self.year_published, self.rating, self.condition, self.owned, self.covertype, self.notes, self.blurb, self.created, self.modified, self.publisher, self.parent )
+        return "<id: {}, author: {}, title: {}, year_published: {}, rating: {}, condition: {}, owned: {}, covertype: {}, notes: {}, blurb: {}, created: {}, modified: {}, publisher: {}, genre: {}, parent: {}>".format(self.id, self.author, self.title, self.year_published, self.rating, self.condition, self.owned, self.covertype, self.notes, self.blurb, self.created, self.modified, self.publisher, self.genre, self.parent )
 
 class Book_Sub_Book_LinkSchema(ma.SQLAlchemyAutoSchema):
     class Meta: model = Book_Sub_Book_Link
@@ -345,30 +345,37 @@ def book(id):
             book.rating = request.form['rating']
             book.notes = request.form['notes']
             book.blurb = request.form['blurb']
-			## TODO:
-			# process author, genre, publisher & series?, subbooks?, loan?, etc.
+            # set book genre (empty list, add any that are checked on - this allows us to remove unticked ones)
+            book.genre = []
+            genre_list = GetGenres()
+            for genre in genre_list:
+                if "genre-{}".format(genre.id) in request.form:
+                    book.genre.append( genre )
+            # set book author (empty list, in form they are in author-0, author-1, ... author-n)
+            # so use while to find them all and append them back to now empty list
+            acnt=0
+            book.author=[]
+            while "author-{}".format( acnt ) in request.form:
+                book.author.append( Author.query.get( request.form["author-{}".format( acnt )] ) )
+                acnt = acnt + 1
+
+            ## TODO:
+            # what about add/remove author, series?, subbooks?, loan?, etc.
             db.session.commit()
             message="Successfully Updated Book (id={})".format(id)
         else:
             alert="danger"
             print( book_form)
-            message="Shit broke in update of Book (id={}) {}".format(id, book_form.owned.data)
+            message="Err... Failed to update Book (id={})".format(id)
     else:
-        book_form=BookForm(request.form) 
-        # set defaults for drop-down's based on this book
+        book_form=BookForm(obj=book)
         book_form.publisher.default = book.publisher[0].id
-        book_form.condition.default = book.condition
-        book_form.covertype.default = book.covertype
-        book_form.owned.default = book.owned
-        book_form.rating.default = book.rating
-        book_form.process()
 
     author_list = GetAuthors()
     genre_list = GetGenres()
-    publisher_list = GetPublishers()
 
     book_s = book_schema.dump(book)
-    return render_template("book.html", b=book, books=book_s, book_form=book_form, author_list=author_list, publisher_list=publisher_list, genre_list=genre_list, alert=alert, message=message )
+    return render_template("book.html", b=book, books=book_s, book_form=book_form, author_list=author_list, genre_list=genre_list, alert=alert, message=message, n=book_form.notes )
 
 @app.route("/", methods=["GET"])
 def main_page():
diff --git a/templates/book.html b/templates/book.html
index 98e3b30..7333dd0 100644
--- a/templates/book.html
+++ b/templates/book.html
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% block main_content %}
 
-<h3><center>View/Edit Book</center></h3>
 {% set keys = [ 'title', 'author', 'publisher', 'genre', 'owned', 'covertype', 'condition', 'year_published', 'rating', 'notes', 'blurb' ] %}
 <div class="container-fluid">
 	{% if message|length %}
@@ -19,16 +18,15 @@
 					{% if key == "genre" %}
 							<div class="form-row col-lg-10">
 								{% for genre in genre_list %}
-									{% set gname=genre.name %}
 									<div class="form-control col" style="margin-left:5px;margin-right:-5px;">
-										<input id="{{gname}}" name="{{gname}}" type="checkbox"
+										<input id="genre-{{genre.id}}" name="genre-{{genre.id}}" type="checkbox"
 										{% for book_g in books.genre %}
-											{% if book_g['name'] == gname %}
+											{% if book_g['name'] == genre.name %}
 												checked
 											{% endif %}
 										{% endfor %}
 										></input>
-										<label style="display:inline" for="{{gname}}" class="col-form-label">{{gname}}</label>
+										<label style="display:inline" for="{{genre.name}}" class="col-form-label">{{genre.name}}</label>
 									</div>
 								{% endfor %}
 							</div>
@@ -44,10 +42,10 @@
 											</button>
 										</div>
 									{% endif %}
-									<select class="form-control" id="author[{{cnt.idx}}]">
+									<select class="form-control" name="author-{{cnt.idx}}" id="author-{{cnt.idx}}">
 									{% for auth in author_list %}
 										{% set aname=auth.surname+", "+auth.firstnames %}
-										<option id="{{auth.id}}" value="{{auth.id}}"
+										<option value="{{auth.id}}"
 										{% if books.author[cnt.idx].id == auth.id %}
 											selected
 										{% endif %}