Author listing OK at calibre, not at Kindle 3

tcreek · 09-02-2010, 07:49 AM

I have just purchased a Kindle 3 and and began using Calibre. I have one problem. The metadata for all the authors are entered as recommended, - John Doe (author) and Doe, John (author sort). But, at the Kindle, although 90% of the authors are shown correctly, some show the author's name preceding the title and no entry under "Author". Others do not show the author at all, neither preceding the title nor listed under "Author".

The books in question were free Classics downloaded at sites as Mobileread e-books, Gutenberg, Manybooks, and Feedbooks. I do not know where the problem books originated, if that is where the problem lies.

I searched the forum but could not tell if there were solutions posted or maybe I did not understand the terminology used.

I am impressed with all the effort that has been put into the design of Calibre.

Thanks to those involved,
Don

kovidgoyal · 09-02-2010, 08:43 AM

convert the problem books to MOBI format. If they are laready in MOBI format, convert from MOBI to MOBI.

tcreek · 09-02-2010, 11:41 AM

That did the trick.
Thanks a lot.

09-02-2010, 07:49 AM	#1
tcreek Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Louisville KY. Device: kindle 3	Author listing OK at calibre, not at Kindle 3 I have just purchased a Kindle 3 and and began using Calibre. I have one problem. The metadata for all the authors are entered as recommended, - John Doe (author) and Doe, John (author sort). But, at the Kindle, although 90% of the authors are shown correctly, some show the author's name preceding the title and no entry under "Author". Others do not show the author at all, neither preceding the title nor listed under "Author". The books in question were free Classics downloaded at sites as Mobileread e-books, Gutenberg, Manybooks, and Feedbooks. I do not know where the problem books originated, if that is where the problem lies. I searched the forum but could not tell if there were solutions posted or maybe I did not understand the terminology used. I am impressed with all the effort that has been put into the design of Calibre. Thanks to those involved, Don

09-02-2010, 08:43 AM	#2
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,473 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	convert the problem books to MOBI format. If they are laready in MOBI format, convert from MOBI to MOBI. __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

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09-02-2010, 11:41 AM	#3
tcreek Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Louisville KY. Device: kindle 3	That did the trick. Thanks a lot.


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