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GJN · 03-12-2009, 11:37 AM

I've just recently learned about and started using Calibre and am amazed by the scope and quality of the software. Calibre is wonderful!!! It makes management of a fairly large (mostly older classics) e-Book library a breeze. I've converted everything now into .mobi format so I can read the books on my new Kindle 2.

While everything sorts fine by author in Calibre, there is, however, a problem when I transfer books to my Kindle. Kindle sorts by title work well, but Kindle sorts by author are weird. Some books are sequenced by author's first name, some by author's last name, and others in a sequence I still haven't figured out.

Have others run into this problem? Is it caused by the metadata Calibre transfers to the Kindle or is it a strictly Kindle bug?

03-12-2009, 11:37 AM	#86
GJN Guilty Bystander Posts: 104 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Florida Device: MacBook Pro, Kindle, iPad, and other gadgets	Sorting Question I've just recently learned about and started using Calibre and am amazed by the scope and quality of the software. Calibre is wonderful!!! It makes management of a fairly large (mostly older classics) e-Book library a breeze. I've converted everything now into .mobi format so I can read the books on my new Kindle 2. While everything sorts fine by author in Calibre, there is, however, a problem when I transfer books to my Kindle. Kindle sorts by title work well, but Kindle sorts by author are weird. Some books are sequenced by author's first name, some by author's last name, and others in a sequence I still haven't figured out. Have others run into this problem? Is it caused by the metadata Calibre transfers to the Kindle or is it a strictly Kindle bug?