Thanks for the prompt answer
I think this works for me perfectly:
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Originally Posted by Starson17
You can't sort the author column by anything other than the contents of author_sort. You could create a custom column containing the author (FN LN) and sort by that custom column, but then you'd have two author columns. You could hide one.
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Just to correct a small mistake, in case another newbie like me stumbles upon this post, instead of
/1 one should use
\1 which refers to the content the parentheses
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Originally Posted by Starson17
Highlight all, bulk metadata edit all, use Search and Replace to find (.*) in author and set the destination to author_sort and replace with /1. You'll want to set the Tweak to Copy so it copies author to author_sort without change for new ebooks.
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