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Mriswith2k · 12-02-2010, 04:56 PM

After changing (and then changing back) my sorting method in the tweaks from library->alphabetical and the author_sort_copy_method from invert to copy.
I can't actually remember if I had this problem before or if I unintentionally broke it when I did

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The problem I'm having however is that when I'm sorting my series (after inverting all the changed I did to default settings), My list looks like the following when using Authors/Series sort

Code:

Author1 - B Series
Author1 - Q Series
Author1 & Author 2 - A Series

this is not really a problem for me as long as an entire series has multiple but the same authors.

The problems is when there is a single series containing multiple authors ex.

Code:

Author1 - A Series (01) - title
Author1 - A Series (03) - title
Author1 - A Series (05) - title
Author1 - Q Series
Author1 & Author2 - A Series (02) - title
Author1 & Author3 - A Series (04) - title

My question / wish is that there was a way to use the tweak:
'author_sort_copy_method' to only copy the first author from 'author' to author_sort, whatever how many authors it actually contains. (using the & as a breaker).

12-02-2010, 04:56 PM	#1
Mriswith2k Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Help tweaking as to only use the first author in the author_sort tweak After changing (and then changing back) my sorting method in the tweaks from library->alphabetical and the author_sort_copy_method from invert to copy. I can't actually remember if I had this problem before or if I unintentionally broke it when I did . The problem I'm having however is that when I'm sorting my series (after inverting all the changed I did to default settings), My list looks like the following when using Authors/Series sort Code: Author1 - B Series Author1 - Q Series Author1 & Author 2 - A Series this is not really a problem for me as long as an entire series has multiple but the same authors. The problems is when there is a single series containing multiple authors ex. Code: Author1 - A Series (01) - title Author1 - A Series (03) - title Author1 - A Series (05) - title Author1 - Q Series Author1 & Author2 - A Series (02) - title Author1 & Author3 - A Series (04) - title My question / wish is that there was a way to use the tweak: 'author_sort_copy_method' to only copy the first author from 'author' to author_sort, whatever how many authors it actually contains. (using the & as a breaker). Last edited by Mriswith2k; 12-02-2010 at 05:10 PM.