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mkelley · 12-23-2011, 07:57 PM

I bought a Kindle Touch for my wife this Christmas and I have a number of books in non-DRM mobi format (managed with Calibre) that I plan on transferring via USB. These books are in a series, and I have read the Kindle sorts by Author and Book Title.

I'd like the series to be sorted by the number of the book in the series, so I need to add this number but I'm not sure which field the Kindle uses for this. Is it File name? Or is it metadata? If metadata, there are two separate fields, Book Title and Sorted Title I could use. I'd rather only change the one I need to change, and I'd rather not experiment if someone knows the answer.

It's too bad it can't use the Series numbering metadata but I guess the Kindle software is pretty primitive in this regard.

TIA for any help (I can't wait for Christmas to be here to surprise my wife!).

12-23-2011, 07:57 PM	#1
mkelley Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle and iPad	How are Titles for transferred Mobi files sorted? I bought a Kindle Touch for my wife this Christmas and I have a number of books in non-DRM mobi format (managed with Calibre) that I plan on transferring via USB. These books are in a series, and I have read the Kindle sorts by Author and Book Title. I'd like the series to be sorted by the number of the book in the series, so I need to add this number but I'm not sure which field the Kindle uses for this. Is it File name? Or is it metadata? If metadata, there are two separate fields, Book Title and Sorted Title I could use. I'd rather only change the one I need to change, and I'd rather not experiment if someone knows the answer. It's too bad it can't use the Series numbering metadata but I guess the Kindle software is pretty primitive in this regard. TIA for any help (I can't wait for Christmas to be here to surprise my wife!).