[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by lissa5168

How do you set this up? I've been trying, but can't get it to work.

I'll take you through the steps. These steps were worked out by jackie_w and chaley a couple of years back to be used with Sony devices, but they work perfectly in this instance.

1. Create a custom column

• Go to Preferences - Add your own columns
• Click on the + icon on the right hand side to add a custom column. You should see a pop-up (see attachment 1)
• From the dropdown list for Column type, choose Column built from other columns
• Under Template place the following:

• {author_sort:titlecase()} - {series}{series_index:0>2s| | - }{title}

• Fill in the Lookup name and Column heading. I used mobilesort for both the look-up name and column heading.
• Click OK, then click the Apply check mark

2. Update Sony Collection Sorting Tweak

• Go to Preferences - Tweaks
• Click on Specify how SONY collections are sorted (see attachment 2)
• In the edit tweak window enter the following:

• sony_collection_sorting_rules = [(['*'], '#mobilesort')]

• Click Apply (lower right), then click Apply check top left

3. Update Device Interface plugin

• Go to Preferences - Plugins - Device Interface plugins
• Select SmartDevice App Interface and click Customize plugin (see attachment 3)
• Enter this in the save template:

• {author_sort}-{series}{series_index:0>2s| |-}{title}

• Or if you want your books in sub-directories by author then check the Use sub directories box and enter this:

• {author_sort}/{author_sort}-{series}{series_index:0>2s| |-}{title}

• In the Comma separated list of metadata to turn into collections on the device field enter the following:

• abs:%All by Author

• Click OK then click the Apply check mark.
• This is also the field where you can enter any columns you wish to automatically make into user categories on your Nexus. On my Sony I would have

  abs:%All by Author, series, tags

  but Series info and tags are automatically handled by CC for grouping and sorting so I leave those off. Some folks use a custom genre column and here is where you would add the look-up name for the column, not sure of the look-up name try hovering the mouse over the column header. Usually folks that create a custom genre column also use genre for the look-up name and would end up placing

  abs:%All by Author, #genre

  on that line. This will create multiple user categories on your device based on your genre column and one All by Author user category sorted by author, series and title (which is why we went through these steps). The reason I have the % before the All by Author is so it will sort at the top of the list.

4. Other things I would do when using Calibre with CC

• Clean up by hiding the mobilesort column. Unless you like looking at it, simply right-click on the header and select Hide column mobilesort. (see attachment 4)
• Go to Preferences - Sending books to devices and change Metadata management to Automatic management. Setting this will sync calibre's metadata with your device's metadata every time you connect. (see attachment 5)
• Further cleanup by removing mobilesort from the Book details window. Go to Preferences - Look and Feel - Book details tab and uncheck mobilesort. (see attachment 6)

5. Restart Calibre

Next time you connect to your Nexus the user category %All by Author will be added to Calibre Companion.