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Loceka · 07-14-2020, 07:58 AM

Hello,

When filling in the authors to the Kobo, the plugin should change the Calibre list separator (&) to the Kobo list separator (,).

I have noticed that it messed up with the Kobo author sorting method. The Kobo seems to expect the author(s) to be "FirstName1 LastName1, FirstName2 LastName2" and then performs the sort on "LastName1 LastName2".

If the authors are input with the Calibre separator (&): "FirstName1 LastName1 & FirstName2 LastName2", the sort is performed on "LastName2".

Also, I wondered if there was a way to tell the Kobo not to heed the second author when sorting, for a specified book: I have like 30 books belonging to the same serie but with different authors and it would be nice if I could ignore the second author just for them, so that they would appear in the right order. I haven't found anything in the DB that would look like it but who knows...

07-14-2020, 07:58 AM	#1816
Loceka Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Kobo Glo	Hello, When filling in the authors to the Kobo, the plugin should change the Calibre list separator (&) to the Kobo list separator (,). I have noticed that it messed up with the Kobo author sorting method. The Kobo seems to expect the author(s) to be "FirstName1 LastName1, FirstName2 LastName2" and then performs the sort on "LastName1 LastName2". If the authors are input with the Calibre separator (&): "FirstName1 LastName1 & FirstName2 LastName2", the sort is performed on "LastName2". Also, I wondered if there was a way to tell the Kobo not to heed the second author when sorting, for a specified book: I have like 30 books belonging to the same serie but with different authors and it would be nice if I could ignore the second author just for them, so that they would appear in the right order. I haven't found anything in the DB that would look like it but who knows...