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yp54 · 05-02-2022, 09:16 AM

Hello !

I use Calibre (great tool !) to export all my ebooks (epub) from my PC to my ereader.

On my Kobo, when selecting "My Books", then selecting "Authors", then specifying a sort by "name" , I get an (alphabetically) sorted list where all author-names are mixed with all author-firstnames (idem when specifying a sort by "firstname").
This is not satisfying, as I would expect to get a list of all authors sorted by their names.

I am using the last firmware on my ereader.
I have checked on Calibre (cf. the "Sort by Author" field in metadata) that all my ebooks have an author name structured as : "Name, Fistname".
I have checked the following on my ereader : selecting "My Books", then selecting "Books", then specifying a sort by "author", then I normally get a sorted (by author name) list of my ebooks (this is working as expected).

At this step, I don't know if I am facing a bug with the ereader firmware or if "something" should have to be done into Calibre before exporting, so that to avoid this issue on the ereader...

Thanks for helping !

05-02-2022, 09:16 AM	#1
yp54 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: Kobo Aura H2O Ed.2	Confused with Author-Names and Author-Firstnames Hello ! I use Calibre (great tool !) to export all my ebooks (epub) from my PC to my ereader. On my Kobo, when selecting "My Books", then selecting "Authors", then specifying a sort by "name" , I get an (alphabetically) sorted list where all author-names are mixed with all author-firstnames (idem when specifying a sort by "firstname"). This is not satisfying, as I would expect to get a list of all authors sorted by their names. I am using the last firmware on my ereader. I have checked on Calibre (cf. the "Sort by Author" field in metadata) that all my ebooks have an author name structured as : "Name, Fistname". I have checked the following on my ereader : selecting "My Books", then selecting "Books", then specifying a sort by "author", then I normally get a sorted (by author name) list of my ebooks (this is working as expected). At this step, I don't know if I am facing a bug with the ereader firmware or if "something" should have to be done into Calibre before exporting, so that to avoid this issue on the ereader... Thanks for helping !