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yp54 · 05-07-2022, 09:35 AM

Thanks davidfor ! Now, I have understood the reason why I got this results on my Kobo.

I guess that Kobo is using the "blank" shown between "LN" and "FN" as a separator to build its own LN and FN fields (since both sorting capabilities, by FN and by LN, are shown on Kobo).

I confirm that I am sending this from calibre and that I have both "author" and "sort author" fields set to "LN, FN" in calibre.
I use the KoboTouch (2.5.1) plugin in Calibre.

As a remediation plan, I understand that I should have to do both 2 actions into calibre :
1) Change the "author" field into "LN FN" (or "LN1 FN1, LN2 FN2,..." for multiple authors), as I wish to get authors sorted on their LN on my Kobo ; while keeping the "sort author" field as it is (as I wish to have authors sorted as so, for my own usage of calibre)
2) Add some code "somewhere" in calibre : unfortunately, as I am not an expert with calibre, I don't know if that Kobo plugin (or "something else" in calibre) is using such a plugboard. Therefore I don't know how to add the code you have kindly provided into calibre.

Could you please further help with that last issue ?

05-07-2022, 09:35 AM	#5
yp54 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: Kobo Aura H2O Ed.2	Thanks davidfor ! Now, I have understood the reason why I got this results on my Kobo. I guess that Kobo is using the "blank" shown between "LN" and "FN" as a separator to build its own LN and FN fields (since both sorting capabilities, by FN and by LN, are shown on Kobo). I confirm that I am sending this from calibre and that I have both "author" and "sort author" fields set to "LN, FN" in calibre. I use the KoboTouch (2.5.1) plugin in Calibre. As a remediation plan, I understand that I should have to do both 2 actions into calibre : 1) Change the "author" field into "LN FN" (or "LN1 FN1, LN2 FN2,..." for multiple authors), as I wish to get authors sorted on their LN on my Kobo ; while keeping the "sort author" field as it is (as I wish to have authors sorted as so, for my own usage of calibre) 2) Add some code "somewhere" in calibre : unfortunately, as I am not an expert with calibre, I don't know if that Kobo plugin (or "something else" in calibre) is using such a plugboard. Therefore I don't know how to add the code you have kindly provided into calibre. Could you please further help with that last issue ?