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iamnuff · 09-28-2015, 05:37 PM

I've been trying to sort this out since I first got Calibre, but it seems like nonsense.

My books are all out of order. Changing the names often changes the order, but not in any pattern i can recognize and the "number" option in metadata doesn't seem to do anything.

You'd think that using the format "Series name, Book X" would order everything perfectly, but apparently calibre doesn't adhere to alphabetical/numerical ordering rules, because it likes to put book 9 at the top.

Honestly, would it be such a chore to enable us to drag and drop out ebooks into whatever order we want, then keep them there?
I'm at the point where I'm considering finding another ereader program because this one is so user-unfriendly. Putting my stuff in the right order should be the work of seconds or minutes.

09-28-2015, 05:37 PM	#1
iamnuff Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2015 Device: pc	How on earth does Ordering work? I've been trying to sort this out since I first got Calibre, but it seems like nonsense. My books are all out of order. Changing the names often changes the order, but not in any pattern i can recognize and the "number" option in metadata doesn't seem to do anything. You'd think that using the format "Series name, Book X" would order everything perfectly, but apparently calibre doesn't adhere to alphabetical/numerical ordering rules, because it likes to put book 9 at the top. Honestly, would it be such a chore to enable us to drag and drop out ebooks into whatever order we want, then keep them there? I'm at the point where I'm considering finding another ereader program because this one is so user-unfriendly. Putting my stuff in the right order should be the work of seconds or minutes. Last edited by iamnuff; 09-28-2015 at 05:50 PM.