wp loop examples

gistfile1.php

<?php
$term = get_term_by( 'slug', get_query_var( 'tag' ), "post_tag" );
$tagslug = $term->slug;
$post_types = get_post_types('','names');
?>
<?php
//first query
$blogposts = get_posts(array(
    'tag' => $tagslug, //first taxonomy
    'post_type' => $post_types,
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    ));
//second query
$authorposts = get_posts(array(
    'bookauthor' => $tagslug, //second taxonomy
    'post_type' => $post_types,
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    ));
$mergedposts = array_merge( $blogposts, $authorposts ); //combine queries

$postids = array();
foreach( $mergedposts as $item ) {
$postids[]=$item->ID; //create a new query only of the post ids
}
$uniqueposts = array_unique($postids); //remove duplicate post ids

$posts = get_posts(array(
        //new query of only the unique post ids on the merged queries from above
    'post__in' => $uniqueposts,  
    'post_type' => $post_types,
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    ));
foreach( $posts as $post ) :
setup_postdata($post);
?>
// posts layout
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata();?>