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Originally Posted by A Lurker
You're saying a Kindle won't recognize the information entered into the "Author sort" field... Rather, it relies on the "Author(s)" field for both knowing what info to display and knowing how to sort the ebook? Is that right?
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That is correct. There is no "author sort" field in MOBI format, only an "author" field. What goes into that field during calibre conversion depends on the "Use author sort for author" option.
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Originally Posted by A Lurker
With that being the case, is it normal that if I enter "First-Name Last-Name" in the "Author(s)" field that my Kindle sorts by first name?
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Yes, assuming that you do not select "Use author sort for author".
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Originally Posted by A Lurker
What I've been doing since 2014 is entering "Last-Name, First-Name" in the "Author(s)" field to make sure my Kindle will sort it by last name instead. I assumed what I was doing was unusual... but if what you say is true, then my method might actually make sense...?
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You can do it that way, but it is unusual. The option to "Use author sort for author" when creating MOBI books exists to solve this problem while still allowing the "author" field in calibre to contain author names in their natural form.