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Old 03-10-2019, 06:04 PM   #811
LenaWKindle
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Device: Kindle
Hi all,

I am very very new to using Calibre beyond what it does freshly installed. I have the following put in the Save To Disk preference:

{author_sort}/{series:||/}{series} {series_index:re(^(\d)(\.|$),0\1\2)|| - }{title} - {authors:titlecase()}

It give me the Author's name (last, first), the book series (name - Series #) and then the book title. This works great EXCEPT on my Kindle (the new waterproof paperwhite - don't know the proper way to identify it) it doesn't seem to sort my books the way I think it should.

I have books in a series that are numbered:

1
2
2.5
3
3.1
3.2
and etc

On my Kindle I notice that it is putting the 2.5 book before the 2 and the 3.1 and 3.2 before the 3. I would like the series number to be saved like:

01.00
02.00
02.50
and etc.

I would like leading and trailing zeros in my series number. I am not sure how to do that. I thought it was doing it at one time...but not anymore.

Also on my metadata plugboard I have this in there:

{series}{series_index: re(^(\d)(\.|$),0\1\2)| #| – }{title}

Please help me make this work right. I am not looking to totally understand why it works. I have tried searching google, but either I am not searching using the right terms, or I am not understanding what I am finding.

Thanks in advance!
Lena
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