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I have several libraries that sort authors differently - e.g. my Books library sorts LN, FN because the Author sort algorithm tweak is set to 'invert', whereas my Media Library sorts FN LN because the Author sort algorithm tweak is set to 'copy'. I don't have any Author related composite columns, if I want to see (or change) what's in author_sort I use the Manage Authors list.

I've been doing it this way for a over decade. Prior to Dalton ST providing Per Library tweaks of the Author sort algorithm I got there via multiple installs of Calibre Portable.

ETA: as I edit metadata in the book list I instinctively glance down at the book details to check what I just entered each time I hit tab to move to the next cell. I display title_sort and author_sort in book details, so I also spot any anomalies there - e.g. unhyphenated double-barrel surnames that need 'fixing' in Manage Authors.

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