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theducks · 11-27-2018, 07:24 AM

Here may be Dragons
You may not have the Eggs in your Library yet, but the will happen.

The dreaded Unrelated Series (name. Different Author-Different Universe)
You found the Reused Title (not really, Great Authors think similarly)
Then there is the Shared Universes, Where Many Authors write books as part of the Universe. For this to even remotely sort by anything OTHER than series +Index is a pipe dream

Lets talk Series. Title sorting is counter productive. Series is all about INDEX (the number) Think about it: The Title of Book 1 is Zoolander , Book 2 is Alpacas

Sorting by Authors for anything other than non-series titles is a route to madness. Go look at Fantastic Fiction for how many Authors have titles that list 'With xyz, or Include a second, third, fourth author "
Each variant sorts based upon the ENTIRE set of names

FWIW My solution to the reused Series was to add manually after checking that tis was not the Shared Universe issue, the creating authors initials to the series name: Magic (AN)

Quick list (Q) Place the cursoy in the column of the book that is your Primary Interest: Tap 'Q':

Want that list further ordered? Click the column header (same thing as the main Library)

11-27-2018, 07:24 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,127 Karma: 60406498 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Here may be Dragons You may not have the Eggs in your Library yet, but the will happen. The dreaded Unrelated Series (name. Different Author-Different Universe) You found the Reused Title (not really, Great Authors think similarly) Then there is the Shared Universes, Where Many Authors write books as part of the Universe. For this to even remotely sort by anything OTHER than series +Index is a pipe dream Lets talk Series. Title sorting is counter productive. Series is all about INDEX (the number) Think about it: The Title of Book 1 is Zoolander , Book 2 is Alpacas Sorting by Authors for anything other than non-series titles is a route to madness. Go look at Fantastic Fiction for how many Authors have titles that list 'With xyz, or Include a second, third, fourth author " Each variant sorts based upon the ENTIRE set of names FWIW My solution to the reused Series was to add manually after checking that tis was not the Shared Universe issue, the creating authors initials to the series name: Magic (AN) Quick list (Q) Place the cursoy in the column of the book that is your Primary Interest: Tap 'Q': Want that list further ordered? Click the column header (same thing as the main Library)