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Originally Posted by montalex
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??
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The setting in Calibre only steers the input direction because it assumes the input is consistent. Preferences Adding Books Swap only flips whatever it was sent. (There are also Tweaks that affect how names and titles are processed. I will leave it to you to read the tweak descriptions)
Quality check Plugin has 2 sections I use
Check Metadata <multiple tests: commas,initials,sort>
Fix (Swaps) Fn Ln, Author Initials (applies to all SELECTED items)