diff --git a/examples/anonymise_submissions.py b/examples/anonymise_submissions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..218f232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/anonymise_submissions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Make file with anonymised submissions to share with sister conferences
+# (for dual-submission detection)
+# Ulle Endriss, 14 April 2024
+import os
+
+from easychair_extra.read import read_submission
+
+
+def main():
+    current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    root_dir = os.path.join(current_dir, "..", "easychair_sample_files")
+
+    # read submission and author files
+    submissions = read_submission(
+        os.path.join(root_dir, "submission.csv"),
+        remove_deleted=True
+    )
+
+    submissions["id"] = submissions["#"]
+    submissions.to_csv("anonymised_submissions.csv", sep=",", encoding="utf-8", columns=["id", "title", "abstract"], index=False)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/examples/papers_with_same_authors.py b/examples/papers_with_same_authors.py
index bc4ec78..c6758ca 100644
--- a/examples/papers_with_same_authors.py
+++ b/examples/papers_with_same_authors.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import pandas as pd
 
-from easychair_extra.read import read_submission, read_committee
+from easychair_extra.read import read_submission
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/examples/papers_with_short_abstracts.py b/examples/papers_with_short_abstracts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2b54b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/papers_with_short_abstracts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Help finding placeholder abstracts
+# Ulle Endriss, 14 April 2024
+import os
+
+from easychair_extra.read import read_submission
+
+
+def main():
+    current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    root_dir = os.path.join(current_dir, "..", "easychair_sample_files")
+
+    # read submission and author files
+    submissions = read_submission(
+        os.path.join(root_dir, "submission.csv"),
+        remove_deleted=True
+    )
+    submissions["abstract_len"] = submissions.apply(lambda df_row: len(df_row["abstract"]), axis=1)
+
+    submissions.to_csv("abstract.csv", sep=",", encoding="utf-8", columns=["#", "abstract_len", "abstract"], index=False)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
diff --git a/examples/plot_num_pc_per_area.py b/examples/plot_num_pc_per_area.py
index 494fc8a..d8eae64 100644
--- a/examples/plot_num_pc_per_area.py
+++ b/examples/plot_num_pc_per_area.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import pathlib
 from collections import Counter, defaultdict
 
-import csv
 import os.path
 
 import pandas as pd
diff --git a/test/test_read.py b/test/test_read.py
index c72740e..645597c 100644
--- a/test/test_read.py
+++ b/test/test_read.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     authors_as_list,
     author_list_to_str,
     read_topics,
-    read_committee,
+    read_committee, read_author,
 )
 
 
@@ -132,3 +132,9 @@ def test_read_committee(self):
             for arg in arguments:
                 args[arg] = optional_arguments[arg]
             read_committee(os.path.join(root_dir, "committee.csv"), **args)
+
+    def test_read_author(self):
+        current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        root_dir = os.path.join(current_dir, "..", "easychair_sample_files")
+
+        read_author(os.path.join(root_dir, "author.csv"))