Thread: Sorting on a Kindle
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Old 09-17-2012, 09:20 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by NiLuJe View Post
@heeby: The Kindle doesn't care about the author_sort field.

That's why books purchased from Amazon (should) show up with authors formatted like 'LN, FN' (which you'd usually see in the author_sort field).

The very effective solution Calibre came up with to still keep pretty 'FN LN' formatting in the author field, and thus in Calibre's UI, is the 'Use author sort for author' setting in the MOBI output settings: you get to keep sane metadata on Calibre's side, and the Kindle gets a file with metadata it likes, and gets sorted properly on the device.

TL;DR:

author: FN LN
author_sort: LN, FN
MOBI output settings: Use author sort for author
The thing is it hasn't worked for me. I have it FN LN in Calibre....and use the "Use author sort for author" setting in the Mobi output and it STILL sorts FN LN on the Kindle. I remember when that was added and I gave up as it never worked for me. I posted in the Calibre forum asking but never got any reply.
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