[QUOTE=Starson17;1030828]If something is still happening that shouldn't happen, it's either a bug or a hardware problem or an OS permissions issue, etc. It can be found if it can be repeated. Do you have a problem that can be repeated?
yes. I can bulk-edit the metadata for author and author-sort fields, and in the instances where I put the same exact entry into both of those fields, not checking the box for calibre to do anything related to the authorsort fields, the result is that I get multiple sort methods and multiple display methods which do not reflect what has been entered, and can still be viewed as having been entered, into the author and authorsort fields. e.g., Anne McCaffrey entered into both fields always as McCaffrey, Anne, will sort on the a sometimes, on the m sometimes, and on God only knows what sometimes. This problem is repeatable and consistent. The only way I have been able to make anything sort in a "Correct" and "Consistent" manner,s uch that authors sort in a uniform manner, is to ensure that when actually entering the metadata I do ti in a way that calibre likes: author name is firstname space lastname, authorsort is left blank, and the checkbox is checked so that calibre populates the authorsort field in a lastname comma firstname manner.
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Can you describe the problems and repeat them, or are they intermittent?
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the problems as described throughout this thread, and above, are not intermittent, they are consistent. They are repeatable.