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Old 10-21-2017, 03:05 PM   #3
PapaJohn
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Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Aura One
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Originally Posted by davidfor View Post
What's the problem you are having?

Kobo devices do not use the author sort, only the author. It assumes any author is "LN FN" but doesn't handle two word surnames ("von Soandso"). "LN, FN" will work when sorting in the book list, but, Kobo uses the comma as the separator for multiple authors. The author collections are built based on the commas. So, "LN, FN" will produce collections for both "LN" and "FN".

And for the record, the plugboard I use for authors is:
Code:
{authors:'re(re($, '(.*) & ', '\1 and '), ' & ', ', ')'}
So are you saying it's not possible to sort by first name in book view?
Not sure what your plugboard does....definitely above my pay grade.
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