Let me start by saying I've just finished with a library creation for epubs and it went off without a hitch.
I then created another new library to break up and sort a large collection.
I used the same methods for this new library... I chose "create empty library" and "copy structure". However, whereas in the previously created new library, my files were imported as LN, FN; in this second new library, they weren't.
I'm using the same method for importing, I'm dragging (one at a time, since it seems if you drag multiple items, they copy out of order, even if you hold them by the topmost file in the group) and dropping files from the Calibre library in the finder onto the Calibre window, but this time they're azw3s.
I'm going alphabetical to maintain an alpha-numeric order for the folders created. Author last name beginning with "A"
"Book Title" (1) to
"Book Title" (248), Authors "B" "
Book Title" (249) to
"Book Title" (1837).
That's an OCD thing. But auto-import author sort LN, FN is more important to me. Sorting by LN, FN just works for me. Books added down the road will upset the numeric "order", but that's the way it is.
Looking at Calibre's preferences for importing/exporting, the "expressions" confuse me. Is there something I can tweak there? In "tweaks", next to the "plugins" button, the Author sort name algorithm seems the way to go, but again the expression language just isn't clear to me. What, if any, tweak can I apply to get the results I want. This is just beyond my grasp.
