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Originally Posted by emmabee
Appreciate that very much indeed  , I have two questions in the edit metadata interface (individual book)
what is the purpose of the two boxes with the author name in? I assumed the left was as it arrived & the right was how it was to be catalogued. So mine were always usually first name last name on the left & calibre would change it to last name 'comma' first name on the right. |
The one on the left is the author's name, either as it arrived or whatever you changed it to. This value is what is displayed wherever the author name is needed.
The one on the right is called "author_sort" and is used when sorting by author. It is needed because the rules for ordering lists of authors are very vague. They depend on language and country, and on personal preference. For example, some people like to see names as First Last (e.g., Joe Blogs) but want them sorted by last name (e.g., Blogs, Joe). In some systems the name "Joe van Blogs" is sorted "Blogs, Joe van" while in other systems it is sorted as "van Blogs, Joe".
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And what is the situation with initials instead of a first name. They always seem to end up first name (initials) last name?
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I am not sure what you mean.
The author_sort generated by calibre depends on the value of the tweaks. If the tweak is "comma" then the author name "Harrison Blogs, Joe" is used for the author_sort. However, if the name is Joe Harrison Blogs (no comma) then calibre finds the last space then takes the word after that and moves it to the front. The value produced by Joe Harrison Blogs will be Blogs, Joe Harrison. I don't think initials will change this behavior.
My experience is that when I import a book I must first check and correct the author name. Next I check and correct the author_sort so that the book will be sorted in the list where I expect it to go.