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Old 09-22-2011, 08:21 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Dopedangel View Post
To do what the OP wanted to do I would have used a custom column that is populated by the author sort field and hide the author column. That way the author column would be correct and he would still be able to see the authors like he wants to in calibre.
What he wanted to do is outlined in the manual and the way he did it is without question the best way to do it. Editing the author column is the easiest way to keep the author_sort column up to date. Hiding it would cause more work.
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