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Originally Posted by retro
I setup a metadata plugboard for the KoboTouchExtended driver using this as my source template.
{series}{series_index:0>5.2f|| - }{title} > title_sort
It mostly works, but the series are sorting alphabetically by title rather than series number. The series titles stay together but if an author has more than one series, they aren't alphabetical either. So the results look like this when sorted by author:
Daughter of Atrocity
Sirona Cycle - 2
The Jump Point
Sirona Cycle - 1
Nullifier
Fire and Rust - 6
Refuge
Fire and Rust - 5
Am I doing something wrong or is this expected behavior?
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Kobo devices do not use the author_sort or title_sort. Your metadata plugboard is not actually changing anything the device uses. And what you are seeing above, series grouped when sorting by an author, is a fluke.
When sorting by author or title, the Kobo devices do not use the series. They sort by author (as "LN, FN") and within that, by the book title. The title sorting uses what calibre calls "library_order". That means that articles at the start of the title are moved to the end. So, "The Jump Point" will be sorted as "Jump Point, The". If the above is an example from your device, the fact that the series are grouped together is a fluke. The titles just happen to sort that way.
Kobo devices do support series sorting. As you have the series info on the device, sorting by that will put the series together in the correct order. That will be global in the library, not grouped within authors. But, there is also the authors list. From there you can view individual authors. This supports all the sorting options.