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davidfor · 08-19-2014, 03:44 AM

Firstly, have a look at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=244593 and https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2380874 for some discussion on how the Kobo devices sort on the author.

[Moderator note: the thread has been merged with the first one mentioned]

From that, you would have to make changes to the name to sort on first name. You would either need to send the name reversed (as "LN FN" with out a comma) or remove the spaces so the name was one word. Sending the names as "FN_LN" would probably work and should be possible with a plugboard in calibre (and no, I don't know how).

When I see questions like this, I am always curious about why. Wanting to sort authors by their first name seems wrong. Any particular reason for wanting to do it this way?

08-19-2014, 03:44 AM	#4
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Firstly, have a look at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=244593 and https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2380874 for some discussion on how the Kobo devices sort on the author. [Moderator note: the thread has been merged with the first one mentioned] From that, you would have to make changes to the name to sort on first name. You would either need to send the name reversed (as "LN FN" with out a comma) or remove the spaces so the name was one word. Sending the names as "FN_LN" would probably work and should be possible with a plugboard in calibre (and no, I don't know how). When I see questions like this, I am always curious about why. Wanting to sort authors by their first name seems wrong. Any particular reason for wanting to do it this way? Last edited by Jellby; 08-19-2014 at 02:15 PM.