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nbhms · 12-20-2014, 11:00 AM

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So, seems to be a bit buggy. Using steps 2 and 3 below, sometimes on sync I'll get authors displayed in correct order on Reader, sometimes not. Plugging/unplugging, forcing meta-data etc, it'll eventually display correctly. Not sure yet what the correct voodoo steps are to get it consistent.
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Wasn't sure whether to post under here or the Calibre sub-forum, but I'll start here.

Using Calibre to manage my PRS-650, and I'm trying to get authors to sort by last name on my PRS-650. e.g. "Brian Herbert" should come before "Brent Weeks". However, nothing I do seems to work.

I've searched this forum, and found several "solutions", but none are working. Hope someone on here has some insight.

What I've tried so far:

1. Verified "Author Sort" for all authors is properly formatted as "last, first".
2. Set Preferences->Metadata management-> to "automatic".
3. Set Sony Device Interface plugin checkbox "Use author sort for author".
4. Created metadata plugboard of {author_sort} to destination field "authors". Tried both "any device" and "PRS505" as devices for device_db.

None of the above worked in any combination (tried 3 on it's own, 4 on it's own, 3+4, etc), even though I've found several forum posts stating one or both should work.

any ideas?

12-20-2014, 11:00 AM	#1
nbhms Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: Sony PRS-650 / Kobo Mini	Author sort problem ---------Edit So, seems to be a bit buggy. Using steps 2 and 3 below, sometimes on sync I'll get authors displayed in correct order on Reader, sometimes not. Plugging/unplugging, forcing meta-data etc, it'll eventually display correctly. Not sure yet what the correct voodoo steps are to get it consistent. ---------end edit Wasn't sure whether to post under here or the Calibre sub-forum, but I'll start here. Using Calibre to manage my PRS-650, and I'm trying to get authors to sort by last name on my PRS-650. e.g. "Brian Herbert" should come before "Brent Weeks". However, nothing I do seems to work. I've searched this forum, and found several "solutions", but none are working. Hope someone on here has some insight. What I've tried so far: 1. Verified "Author Sort" for all authors is properly formatted as "last, first". 2. Set Preferences->Metadata management-> to "automatic". 3. Set Sony Device Interface plugin checkbox "Use author sort for author". 4. Created metadata plugboard of {author_sort} to destination field "authors". Tried both "any device" and "PRS505" as devices for device_db. None of the above worked in any combination (tried 3 on it's own, 4 on it's own, 3+4, etc), even though I've found several forum posts stating one or both should work. any ideas? Last edited by nbhms; 12-20-2014 at 02:22 PM.