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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh
Calibre currently has full implementation of library order. Library order by definition originated in Libraries and as such the sort was changed but the titles of the books were never changed.
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This problem is one of perspective, because I believe the three of you (
Itimpi,
Chaley and yourself) see the book view as browsing the titles along your virtual bookshelf.
I don't and never did.
The book view is equivalent to the card catalog to me. The card catalog has always filed it's books in library order - that is, articles of speech are appended to the end of the title. This is why I state that calibre only has a partial implementation of library order. I also think that a good number of the folks using strictly alphabetical have been thinking along similar lines, semi-consciously. Quite honestly, I never thought enough about this issue for it to fully register until DoctorOhh's quoted comment, above.
And I'm
not asking for the book titles to be changed - I haven't said a word about the cover browser or grid!
It is the cover browser or cover grid which equates, from my perspective, to my virtual bookshelf. That is, after all, where I can see and browse through the book covers. You don't see book covers in the card catalog.
Now, do I think I convinced you? No. Do I think anything is going to be changed? No. My only interest in this post is to convey the idea that perhaps this disconnect in perspective has caused unnecessary confusion among users who have also made the unconscious equivalency of the book view being calibre's card catalog.