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Old 07-22-2012, 12:06 AM   #38
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Instructions in response to the original post, condensed:

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Originally Posted by paw3pals View Post

First, do the below (which should also make all future author's names listed as LN,FN):
Go to Preferences, then select Tweaks (on bottom of page).
Click on Author name sort algorithm in the left column.
In the bottom right, make it say author_sort_copy_method = 'copy'.
Click Apply and then close Preferences.
EXIT CALIBRE AND THEN RESTART IT AGAIN.
See attached image below

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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
Remember to clic 'Apply' before leaving each changed tweak.
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
The step you have just taken of modifying Tweaks just means that whenever you add a *new* book to calibre (or rename an author for an existing book), that whatever you type as the author will be copied to also be how that author sorts on screen.

So that if you type "Bloggs, Joe" as an author, it is going to *copy* the same value into the author sort as "Bloggs, Joe" for it.
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
Your issue next is twofold.

You have a whole bunch of existing books you can see that need changing because they were there before you changed the tweak.

The problem is that even if you went through and just changed them on screen (either by typing in the library view, or using the single/bulk metadata dialogs, or even using the Quality Check plugin), that probably isn't going to completely solve your problem.

The reason being that the very first time you add a book for an author to calibre, calibre will set a "default sort" for that author name that is associated with the author itself. Confusing I know - it had me in a pickle when I started. There is a sort for the author for each book, and there is a default sort for the author itself. Likely you will have a mish-mash in this field if you have been (like I did) experimenting with renaming authors without changing the tweak first.

So what you need to do is follow paw3pals instructions [see next post] of using the Manage Authors feature to change this "Default" sort for an author.

It just so happens that when you do that, there are buttons on that dialog as per their instructions which will also effectively let you "fix" all your book authors too. A two for one deal - go through this little drama once and you will never have to bother again.
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Originally Posted by paw3pals View Post
On the left side of the Calibre screen, in the list should be Authors and a number in brackets - right click it and select Manage Authors.
Scan the list of authors' names and see if there is a column that has them listed as Last Name, First Name (LN,FN) already.
If the Author Sort column does, click the copy all author sort values to author button.
Check through the authors to be sure you are happy. You can still press Cancel to abandon the changes. Once you press OK, there is no undo.
If 1 column has a name listed wrong and the other is correct, right click the correct name and select copy to (the other column).
Press OK, at which point calibre will change the authors in all your books. This can take a while.
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Originally Posted by dwanthny View Post
Install the Quality Check plugin: Preferences - Plugins - Get new plugins.

After the plugin is installed, restart Calibre.

Then select the books you want to swap FN, LN > LN, FN then select the menu item as shown in the attached image. Further info is in the Quality Check plugin help section.
Or, as stated in the first reply in this thread:
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
The Quality Check plugin has a FIX subsection the swap is just one of them.

Highlight (select) the problem kids, invoke the Fix
See attached image below

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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald View Post
Is there any way to get calibre to automatically put LN, FN in the author field when adding a book without having to change it in the metadata editor after adding the book?
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
As for automatically putting a name into LN, FN format for new books, no calibre does not have that feature.

However the Quality Check plugin has a feature to do this which you can assign to a keyboard shortcut.

So if you import the author and it is already LN, FN due to your regular expression or book metadata then all is fine and you have nothing to do.

If calibre sees the author as FN LN then you need to flip it, which the Quality Check plugin has a feature to do - to save you the typing and without having to enter the Edit Metadata dialog.
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
When downloading metadata, make sure you have the "Swap author names from FN LN to LN, FN" option checked if you are overwriting the Authors field.

Brief summary:
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
(1) Put that pesky tweak back in to say "copy".
(2) Install the "Quality Check" plugin, using Preferences -> Get Plugins
(3) Any time you see books for an author that are FN LN in the library view, select them and choose Quality Check -> Fix -> Swap author FN LN <> LN, FN

That's all there is to it. No copy/pasting required.

Assign a keyboard shortcut to that particular action [Quality Check -> Fix -> Swap author FN LN <> LN, FN] and you don't even have a mouse click.
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
It is hard to explain all the reasons why you should change the tweak without getting more technical
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
The tweak is five seconds work to change. And Quality Check will 99% of the time be able to flip your author names without you having to retype them. In the long term it is your best approach to minimise the effort. If you don't do it, eventually you will screw up and books go in the wrong places; it happened to me when I first started with calibre two years ago as I too display/sort names as LN, FN.
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