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Old 08-12-2018, 01:42 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by tamarissa View Post
All of the collections on my Kobo are 'Author - Series' format ('Armstrong, Kelley - Otherworld' or 'Bishop, Anne - Black Jewels'), so that is the output format I am looking for.

My understanding of authors in Calibre is that the author sort field is attached to each book (I can go to the metadata of each book and see 'author display' and author sort') and it all comes from the same place... but from what you are saying is that even though I have an 'Author' column (default from Calibre), I need to add an 'Author Sort' column as well? Or do you mean I need 1 column that combines the 2 fields ('Author_sort - Series')?
The short answer is "yes".

The collections are created from the values in the columns in the library. If there isn't an existing column that contains the data in the form you want, then you need to create that column. If you wanted collections based on the author sort, then yes, you need to create a column for that. But, as you want them based on the combined "Author sort - Series", then you need a column that has that builds this from other columns or templates.
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