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Pinecone · 09-26-2010, 03:07 PM

I am trying to switch from Sony software to Calibre and I am having some issues with the collections, and specifically the sort order within a collection.

I set up the Sony plug in for Author, Series. I sort the Library in Calibre by series then author.

If I highlight all the booky by an author and Send to Device, I get the expected collection for each series, and within that collection, the books are sorted by the series number. So far, so good.

BUT, in the collection based on the Author name, they are not sorted in the order they are shown in the Library, but by Title. Even if I select them individually in the order I want them to appear. I read a bunch of threads, and I thought it would work to have them the same way they appear in the Library.

I virtually NEVER want the books sorted by Title. Actually, I would be happy with them grouped by Author, but in series order (all books in one series, in order, followed by the next series in order, etc)

So, is there any way to set the sort order in the Author collection?

And a couple of other questions while I have your attention.

Does the PRS-600 support collections for books on the memory card?

I assume that the PRS-600 does not support sub directories? I wonder if a firmware update would allow this, which would make sense to me.

Thanks.

09-26-2010, 03:07 PM	#1
Pinecone Guru Posts: 902 Karma: 1660722 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland Device: PRS-650, PRS-600, PRS-350	Collections and Sony Reader PRS-600 I am trying to switch from Sony software to Calibre and I am having some issues with the collections, and specifically the sort order within a collection. I set up the Sony plug in for Author, Series. I sort the Library in Calibre by series then author. If I highlight all the booky by an author and Send to Device, I get the expected collection for each series, and within that collection, the books are sorted by the series number. So far, so good. BUT, in the collection based on the Author name, they are not sorted in the order they are shown in the Library, but by Title. Even if I select them individually in the order I want them to appear. I read a bunch of threads, and I thought it would work to have them the same way they appear in the Library. I virtually NEVER want the books sorted by Title. Actually, I would be happy with them grouped by Author, but in series order (all books in one series, in order, followed by the next series in order, etc) So, is there any way to set the sort order in the Author collection? And a couple of other questions while I have your attention. Does the PRS-600 support collections for books on the memory card? I assume that the PRS-600 does not support sub directories? I wonder if a firmware update would allow this, which would make sense to me. Thanks.