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lizzielou · 02-14-2012, 11:24 AM

When I look at my Calibre library the author column is sorted into author surname then first name even though it is displayed as first name+surname.

Eg Anne McCaffrey books show up half way down my list under 'M' but I would like these to come up first under 'A'.

I think I can do this by going into the metadata for each book and altering the author sort field to match the author name field, but I have several hundreds of books and it would take forever to do it this way.

Is there any way I can do this with a simple global command? I have tried to read the manual but it is far too technical for me to understand so if anyone could please explain if and how I could do this in fairly easy terms I would be very grateful.

02-14-2012, 11:24 AM	#1
lizzielou Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: No longer near a beach in Spain - back in the UK Device: Sony PRS-505, 300, 350 & 650	How can I author sort sequence When I look at my Calibre library the author column is sorted into author surname then first name even though it is displayed as first name+surname. Eg Anne McCaffrey books show up half way down my list under 'M' but I would like these to come up first under 'A'. I think I can do this by going into the metadata for each book and altering the author sort field to match the author name field, but I have several hundreds of books and it would take forever to do it this way. Is there any way I can do this with a simple global command? I have tried to read the manual but it is far too technical for me to understand so if anyone could please explain if and how I could do this in fairly easy terms I would be very grateful.