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Old 06-24-2011, 02:42 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by speakingtohe View Post
Collections by tags don't help me at all. But then I read mainly fiction on my Sony. I use author_sort and series (comma in author_sort helps me differeniate type of collection on reader) although I would just use author if the books would be in series order in the collection as well.
You can tell calibre to sort the author_sort collection by series index instead of by name, if that is what you want. Use the Specify how SONY collections are sorted tweak. You would want something like
Code:
sony_collection_sorting_rules = [(['author_sort'], 'series_index')]
Books without series will be sorted by title.

What I do is use a plugboard to construct a title that has all the info I want to see. This title is sorted by the default rule for the device display (collection, author, title). The plugboard is
Code:
{title} {pubdate} {series:<.8s| [|}{series_index:| [|]]}
This shows the title, the published year (because that is how I have set the tweak for pubdate display), at most 8 characters of the series, and lastly the series index inside brackets. I include pubdate to help me select books not in a series but where order of release can matter. The series and series index are formatted as "[series [n]]" so that it is easy to visually detect series information even when the sony elides the title.
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