Thread: Author Sort - change automatically?
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Old 03-23-2012, 05:32 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by TurtleTots View Post
I have done this multiple times!!!!! It does nothing I have reloaded all my books (5300+) twice. I started to edit metadata one by one....then tried the bulk edit after the tweak again, and it puts everything back the way it was I'm soooo frustrated
Reloading books is not needed. Once you set the tweak to copy you should be able to open the tag browser and right click on the authors field then select Manage Authors and recalculate the Author sort values. Read this section of the FAQ for a more complete explanation.
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