diff --git a/oml/item/person.py b/oml/item/person.py
index 9dc6101..62dc40f 100644
--- a/oml/item/person.py
+++ b/oml/item/person.py
@@ -38,12 +38,22 @@ class Person(db.Model):
         return cls.query.filter_by(name=name).first()
 
     def save(self):
+        from .models import Item, Find
         if not self.sortname:
             self.sortname = ox.get_sort_name(self.name)
             self.sortname = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', self.sortname)
         self.sortsortname = ox.sort_string(self.sortname)
         self.numberofnames = len(self.name.split(' '))
         state.db.session.add(self)
+        for i in Item.find({
+            'query': {
+                'conditions': [{'key': 'author', 'value': self.name, 'operator': '=='}]
+            }
+        }):
+            i.update_sort()
+        Find.query.filter_by(key='author', value=self.name).update({
+            'sortvalue': self.sortname.lower()
+        })
         state.db.session.commit()
 
     def json(self, keys=None):
diff --git a/oml/item/title_api.py b/oml/item/title_api.py
index 96ec0f7..64ee84f 100644
--- a/oml/item/title_api.py
+++ b/oml/item/title_api.py
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+import hashlib
+import json
+import unicodedata
+
+import ox
+from sqlalchemy.orm import load_only
 
 from oxtornado import actions
 from . import models
-from . import query
-
+import utils
+import state
 
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -14,17 +20,19 @@ def editTitle(data):
     '''
         takes {
             id       string
-            sortname string
+            sorttitle string
         }
     '''
     response = {}
-    '''
-    item = models.Item.get(data['id'])
-    item.sortname = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', data['sortname'])
-    item.save()
-    response['name'] = item.name
-    response['sortname'] = item.sortname
-    '''
+    ids = data['id'].split(':')
+    data = {
+        'sorttitle': unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', data['sorttitle'])
+    }
+    for item in models.Item.query.filter(models.Item.id.in_(ids)):
+        if item.meta.get('sorttitle') != data['sorttitle']:
+            item.edit(data)
+    response['title'] = item.meta.get('title', 'Untitled')
+    response['sorttitle'] = item.meta['sorttitle']
     return response
 actions.register(editTitle)
 
@@ -41,34 +49,55 @@ def findTitles(data):
         }
     '''
     response = {}
-    #q = query.parse(data)
+    conditions = [
+        {'key': 'list', 'value': ':', 'operator': '=='}
+    ]
+    if data.get('query', {}).get('conditions'):
+        value = data.get('query', {}).get('conditions')[0].get('value')
+        if value:
+            conditions.append({
+                'key': 'title', 'operator': '=', 'value': value
+            })
     q = {
-        'qs': models.Item.query,
+        'qs': models.Item.find({
+            'query': {
+                'conditions': conditions, 'operator': '&'
+            }
+        }),
     }
-    if 'range' in data:
-        q['range'] = data['range']
+    _keydata = data.copy()
+    for key in ('range', 'position', 'positions'):
+        if key in _keydata:
+            del _keydata[key]
+    key = 'title:' + hashlib.sha1(json.dumps(_keydata, sort_keys=True).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+    titles = state.cache.get(key)
+    if titles is None:
+        response['items'] = []
+        _titles = {}
+        for i in q['qs']:
+            title = i.meta.get('title')
+            if not title in _titles:
+                _titles[title] = {
+                    'id': i.id,
+                    'title': title,
+                    'sorttitle': i.get_sorttitle()
+                }
+            else:
+                _titles[title]['id'] += ':' + i.id
+        titles = list(_titles.values())
+        if 'sort' in data:
+            titles.sort(key=lambda t: ox.sort_string(t[data['sort'][0]['key']]).lower(),
+                reverse=data['sort'][0]['operator']=='-')
+        state.cache.set(key, titles)
 
     if 'position' in data:
         pass
-        #ids = [i.id for i in q['qs'].options(load_only('id'))]
-        #response['position'] = utils.get_positions(ids, [data['qs'][0].id])[0]
-        print('fixme', data)
     elif 'positions' in data:
-        #ids = [i.id for i in q['qs'].options(load_only('id'))]
-        #response['positions'] = utils.get_positions(ids, data['positions'])
-        response['positions'] = []
-        print('fixme', data)
+        ids = [t['id'] for t in titles]
+        response['positions'] = utils.get_positions(ids, data['positions'])
     elif 'keys' in data:
-        response['items'] = []
-        for i in q['qs'][q['range'][0]:q['range'][1]]:
-            j = {}
-            for key in (data['keys'] or ['title', 'sorttitle']):
-                if key == 'title':
-                    j[key] = i.info.get(key)
-                elif key == 'sorttitle':
-                    j[key] = i.sort[0].title
-            response['items'].append(j)
+        response['items'] = titles[data['range'][0]:data['range'][1]]
     else:
-        response['items'] = q['qs'].count()
+        response['items'] = len(titles)
     return response
 actions.register(findTitles)