Allow creation of author alerts from a list. Allow typing or pasting a list of names into a simple text box. When the list is done, clicking 'submit' would search for those author names and list results, perhaps with a sample book or series for confirmation. We could either check a box by correct names or click a 'follow' button for each one.

This wouldn't be used frequently, but would be much faster than the current system for those wanting to add a long list of favorite authors - e.g., when replicating a physical library.