diff --git a/apps/readest-app/release-notes.json b/apps/readest-app/release-notes.json
index 84dc11ac..3ba99d6e 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/release-notes.json
+++ b/apps/readest-app/release-notes.json
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 {
   "releases": {
+    "0.9.68": {
+      "date": "2025-07-30",
+      "notes": [
+        "Reader: Files now open in a new window by default on Desktop",
+        "Translation: Skips translating content inside <pre>, <code>, and <math> tags",
+        "Performance: Improved multi-part downloading for large books",
+        "Sync: Resolved issue preventing some PDF files from syncing",
+        "CSS: Resolved issue with fixed font color in some EPUB files",
+        "TXT: Enhanced TXT parsing for better compatibility"
+      ]
+    },
     "0.9.67": {
       "date": "2025-07-22",
       "notes": [
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/library/components/BookItem.tsx b/apps/readest-app/src/app/library/components/BookItem.tsx
index 1dd1257a..1d61c0b7 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/library/components/BookItem.tsx
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/library/components/BookItem.tsx
@@ -66,12 +66,7 @@ const BookItem: React.FC<BookItemProps> = ({
           mode === 'list' && 'min-w-20',
         )}
       >
-        <BookCover
-          mode={mode}
-          book={book}
-          coverFit={coverFit}
-          showSpine={book.format !== 'PDF' || !!book.metadata?.publisher}
-        />
+        <BookCover mode={mode} book={book} coverFit={coverFit} showSpine={false} />
         {bookSelected && (
           <div className='absolute inset-0 bg-black opacity-30 transition-opacity duration-300'></div>
         )}
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/utils/txt.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/utils/txt.ts
index b459d7fa..acae2615 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/utils/txt.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/utils/txt.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ export class TxtToEpubConverter {
     const authorMatch =
       fileHeader.match(/[【\[]?作者[】\]]?[:：\s]\s*(.+)\r?\n/) ||
       fileHeader.match(/[【\[]?\s*(.+)\s+著\s*[】\]]?\r?\n/);
-    const author = authorMatch ? authorMatch[1]!.trim() : providedAuthor || '';
+    let matchedAuthor = authorMatch ? authorMatch[1]!.trim() : providedAuthor || '';
+    try {
+      matchedAuthor = matchedAuthor.replace(/^[\p{P}\p{S}]+|[\p{P}\p{S}]+$/gu, '');
+    } catch {}
+    const author = matchedAuthor || providedAuthor || '';
     const language = providedLanguage || this.detectLanguage(fileHeader);
     const identifier = await partialMD5(txtFile);
     const metadata = { bookTitle, author, language, identifier };