diff --git a/oml/meta/openlibrary.py b/oml/meta/openlibrary.py
index 2c955f5..7cf527c 100644
--- a/oml/meta/openlibrary.py
+++ b/oml/meta/openlibrary.py
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ def format(info, return_all=False):
                 value = value[0]
             if key == 'publish_date':
                 value = parse_date(value)
+            if key == 'publish_places':
+                for i, v in enumerate(value):
+                    if v.startswith('['):
+                        v = v[1:]
+                    if v.endswith(']'):
+                        v = v[:-1]
+                    value[i] = v
             data[KEYS[key]] = value
     if 'subtitle' in info:
         data['title'] += ' ' + info['subtitle']
diff --git a/static/js/infoView.js b/static/js/infoView.js
index 248f0ae..cfcc69d 100644
--- a/static/js/infoView.js
+++ b/static/js/infoView.js
@@ -113,10 +113,11 @@ oml.ui.infoView = function(identifyData) {
 
     function formatValue(value, key) {
         return value ? (Ox.isArray(value) ? value : [value]).map(function(value) {
+            if (key == 'date' && value) {
+                value = value.slice(0, 4);
+            }
             return key && !identifyData ?
-                '<a href="/' + key + '==' + (
-                    key == 'date' ? value.slice(0, 4) : value
-                ) + '">' + value + '</a>'
+                '<a href="/' + key + '==' + value + '">' + value + '</a>'
                 : value;
         }).join('; ') : '';
     }