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Old 09-04-2022, 10:30 AM   #4
chaley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by igorius View Post
Nope, sorting by Authors is wrong!
To be more clear:
I want to get sorted Authors by
Forname Lastname from A to Z or
Forname Lastname from Z to A

Author_sort upwards ---> Adams, Ben to Zygowski, Tom
Author_sort downwards --> Zygowski, Tom to Adams, Ben

Authors upwards -->Ben Adams to Tom Zygowsky
Authors downwards --> Tom Zygowsky to Ben Adams

It shoud be:
Authors upwards --> Aaron Maier to Zyske Terence
Authors downwards --> Zyske Terence to Aaron Maier

See the attached pics:
I say it again: in calibre, by design the authors column is always sorted by author_sort. It has done this since at least 2010, and will not change.

If you don't like the results then you have two choices:
  1. Copy author to author_sort. You can do this in the Manage Authors dialog available by right-clicking the authors column in tag browser.
  2. Create a composite column (Type "column built from other columns" that doesn't "behave like tags") with the template {authors} and sort/search column by Text. This column will sort using its own contents, not author_sort.
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