[seanbob]

I've noticed this problem since the recent Calibre changes to the Sony device plugin. Perhaps it's related in some way with the thumbnail issue now occurring too? I'm on Calibre 0.7.38 currently.

When adding books to my PRS-650 with the "Use Author Sort as Author" option enabled, it sometimes sorts the authors properly and sometimes not.

I originally noticed it after formatting the internal memory completely and adding a large collection of books to the Reader. The file directory structure was created properly (using Author Sort) and the media.xml cache file listed the book metadata using Author Sort too.

Upon disconnect, the Sony Reader changed the authors back to "FirstName LastName" for some reason. I connected the Reader to the computer again, and noticed that the media.xml file had been changed likewise. I synced a book (that was already on the device) using Calibre and it changed it back again to the Author Sort and on that disconnect, the Sony retained the metadata.

Now as I add/remove books from the Reader, it seems to be hit or miss when it keeps the Author Sort or overwrites it (a similar behavior to what I'm seeing with the thumbnails which sometimes are and sometimes aren't overwritten by the Sony Reader after syncing with Calibre).

Am I doing something wrong? Or has a recent change affected the behavior? Is there anything I can do to help solve the problem? Thanks in advance for any help here...