Thread: Is it possible to force "Ln, Fn" for Author and Author sort?
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Old 10-31-2017, 07:16 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Kuram View Post
The background and nuances are interesting, but I am still wondering if this is possible:
Sorry, but my point was that, with a few known exceptions, that the author sorting did work that at way. If you put "Ln, Fn" in the author, it will sort on "Ln". If you put "Fn Ln" in the author, it will sort on "Ln". It gets a little more complicated when there are multiple authors, but it still works in most cases. Do you have some examples where it isn't working?

Or, is the problem you decided to use "Ln, Fn" in calibre for the author? If so, that is almost always a bad idea. Calibre does handle the author and author sort very well. If you prefer to see the author sort displayed, then you can have calibre display the author sort instead of the author in the book list.

But, if all you want is to send the author sort in the author field to the device, the plugboard is simply:
Code:
{author_sort}
Put that in the authors field in the plugboard.
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