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illegaleagle · 10-09-2019, 12:14 PM

I've read many existing threads but can't identify a similar problem to this one. If it has been discussed before, I will happily go and RTFT - just point me in the right direction.

So, I have two Kindle Oases, and I keep one in each of the places I live, so I don't have to remember to bring it with me whenever I move. I load both of them via Calibre (currently using v 3.29) using the same library on my laptop.

One Kindle is jailbroken, the other is newer and was running the 5.12.1 firmware, so can't be jailbroken.

When I load books onto the newer Oasis and select author sort, they are all sorted by author first name. That's usable but irritating - what I would prefer is for them to be sorted by author last name.

On the older one, however, some books are sorted by last name and some by first, so books by, say, Andrew Wilson are either at the start or the end of the library. This is driving me nuts. It doesn't seem to be related to book format, as far as I can tell.

In Calibre, all books have the author field correctly set as first last and the author sort field as last, first. I have tried converting books to mobi, and ticking the "use author sort for author" box but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

Help!

10-09-2019, 12:14 PM	#1
illegaleagle Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Oasis	Author sort weirdness I've read many existing threads but can't identify a similar problem to this one. If it has been discussed before, I will happily go and RTFT - just point me in the right direction. So, I have two Kindle Oases, and I keep one in each of the places I live, so I don't have to remember to bring it with me whenever I move. I load both of them via Calibre (currently using v 3.29) using the same library on my laptop. One Kindle is jailbroken, the other is newer and was running the 5.12.1 firmware, so can't be jailbroken. When I load books onto the newer Oasis and select author sort, they are all sorted by author first name. That's usable but irritating - what I would prefer is for them to be sorted by author last name. On the older one, however, some books are sorted by last name and some by first, so books by, say, Andrew Wilson are either at the start or the end of the library. This is driving me nuts. It doesn't seem to be related to book format, as far as I can tell. In Calibre, all books have the author field correctly set as first last and the author sort field as last, first. I have tried converting books to mobi, and ticking the "use author sort for author" box but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Help!