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kams13 · 03-07-2011, 10:56 AM

FIXED IT

I don't know why...

Ok... so after loading and reloading and trying this way of sorting or THAT way of sorting... I finally got it to work...

1) all my ebooks are in the same format
- i originally converted all my books to mobi, then manually moved the mobi files out of the calibre library folder and into the folder where i store my ebooks. I then deleted the books from calibre and reloaded the mobi books

i don't know if this made any difference what so ever - but just to be SURE this is what i did. I also know that if you select the books and click "edit metadata bulk" you can choose to delete other formats

2) I edited all the meta data so it reflected what i wanted (i put in the series, and put them in the correct order 1, 2, 3 etc)

3) I changed all the "publication dates" to the same date. I chose dec 21 2008 just because that was the first one i came across (although not the original publication date of the first novel).

I'm not sure how much of a difference this made - but i do know that i hadn't tried this before and it wasnt working - and after doing it it DID work.

4) Helps if alot of the other information is deleted too (ie summary, who publishes it, tags)

Good luck to anybody else out there!

03-07-2011, 10:56 AM	#8
kams13 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: kindle 3	FIXED IT I don't know why... Ok... so after loading and reloading and trying this way of sorting or THAT way of sorting... I finally got it to work... 1) all my ebooks are in the same format - i originally converted all my books to mobi, then manually moved the mobi files out of the calibre library folder and into the folder where i store my ebooks. I then deleted the books from calibre and reloaded the mobi books i don't know if this made any difference what so ever - but just to be SURE this is what i did. I also know that if you select the books and click "edit metadata bulk" you can choose to delete other formats 2) I edited all the meta data so it reflected what i wanted (i put in the series, and put them in the correct order 1, 2, 3 etc) 3) I changed all the "publication dates" to the same date. I chose dec 21 2008 just because that was the first one i came across (although not the original publication date of the first novel). I'm not sure how much of a difference this made - but i do know that i hadn't tried this before and it wasnt working - and after doing it it DID work. 4) Helps if alot of the other information is deleted too (ie summary, who publishes it, tags) Good luck to anybody else out there! Last edited by kams13; 03-09-2011 at 10:26 AM. Reason: Discovered another trick that helps!