Thread: Author sort won't change
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Old 06-06-2011, 08:07 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by WombatBookWorm View Post
I am trying to sort out my Calibre eBook library. I have the standard setting of:

Author - Firstname Lastname
Author sort - Lastname, Firstname

Some of the books, no matter how I change the metadata (individually, bulk, Manage Authors), won't come out right.

For example, I have around 50 books by James Patterson.

I can get them all to

Author - James Patterson
Author sort - James Patterson

in which case they appear under J rather than P

or

Author - Patterson, James
Author sort - Patterson, James

in which case they appear properly under P. but the Author Name is inconsistent with the rest of the library.

How (if at all) can I get them to all come out

Author - James Patterson
Author sort - Patterson, James?

Most of the other problem ones seem to involve books with multiple authors. I don't really car about secondary authors, but taking out the secondary authors from the Author and Author sort field doesn't seem to make them behave any better.

I have searched the Forum for clues / solutions / explanations but haven't been able to find anything that solves my problem (though author sort issues seems to be something many people have difficulties grappling with).

Thanks in advance.
Did you mess with the 'Tweaks' for "Use Author Sort in Tag Browser?
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