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Reverend_Jim · 06-11-2015, 08:31 AM

Before I import books into calibre I ensure that the file name follows the pattern

Lastname, Firstname - series - title.ext

where the series portion is optional. I have set calibre to recognize this so books get imported and sorted correctly. For one thing, this removes all ambiguity for last names with more than one word. Authors are sorted as LN, FN. However, if I download metadata, the author name in the Authors treeview in the left panel, as well as the Author name in the details view (centre panel) is rearranged as FN LN, although the Author Sort remains as LN, FN. Unfortunately, the physical (on disk) book is relocated to a new folder based on FN LN.

Is there a way to tell calibre to not change LN, FN to FN LN?

06-11-2015, 08:31 AM	#1
Reverend_Jim Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: none	Author LN-FN swapped on download of metadata Before I import books into calibre I ensure that the file name follows the pattern Lastname, Firstname - series - title.ext where the series portion is optional. I have set calibre to recognize this so books get imported and sorted correctly. For one thing, this removes all ambiguity for last names with more than one word. Authors are sorted as LN, FN. However, if I download metadata, the author name in the Authors treeview in the left panel, as well as the Author name in the details view (centre panel) is rearranged as FN LN, although the Author Sort remains as LN, FN. Unfortunately, the physical (on disk) book is relocated to a new folder based on FN LN. Is there a way to tell calibre to not change LN, FN to FN LN?