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montalex · 11-24-2018, 03:17 PM

It's a bit compulsive of me, but each time I add a book to Calibre I edit metadata so that all books show author last name first. That way the Calibre book folder keeps authors in alphabetical order. I know this is a bit absurd, as I can simply search in Calibre or in the folder directly to find a book or author. But now I have a folder with 4,000 books in it neatly arranged thus.

Is there any way to get Calibre to automatically list authors by last name first? I search Calibre info and could not find a way.

I could simply let go of obsessive-compulsive ways, and just add books as they are, of course, especially as I have figured out how to automatically convert new books to my preferred format. I could just leave it at that, couldn't I??

11-24-2018, 03:17 PM	#1
montalex Fanatic Posts: 556 Karma: 1283268 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: KindleDX,Kindle 4, Kindle Keyboard 3G	Automatically list authors by last name first It's a bit compulsive of me, but each time I add a book to Calibre I edit metadata so that all books show author last name first. That way the Calibre book folder keeps authors in alphabetical order. I know this is a bit absurd, as I can simply search in Calibre or in the folder directly to find a book or author. But now I have a folder with 4,000 books in it neatly arranged thus. Is there any way to get Calibre to automatically list authors by last name first? I search Calibre info and could not find a way. I could simply let go of obsessive-compulsive ways, and just add books as they are, of course, especially as I have figured out how to automatically convert new books to my preferred format. I could just leave it at that, couldn't I??