--- deliantra/server/common/readable.C	2008/12/27 02:31:19	1.38
+++ deliantra/server/common/readable.C	2008/12/31 17:35:37	1.39
@@ -934,19 +934,16 @@
 static int
 unique_book (const object *book, int msgtype)
 {
-  title *test;
-
   if (!booklist)
     return 1;                   /* No archival entries! Must be unique! */
 
   /* Go through the booklist.  If the author and name match, not unique so
    * return 0.
    */
-  for (test = get_titlelist (msgtype)->first_book; test; test = test->next)
-    {
-      if (!strcmp (test->name, book->name) && !strcmp (book->title, test->authour))
-        return 0;
-    }
+  for (title *test = get_titlelist (msgtype)->first_book; test; test = test->next)
+    if (test->name == book->name && book->title == test->authour)
+      return 0;
+
   return 1;
 }