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robowolf · 11-13-2022, 05:28 PM

I have two Calibre Libraries, "Books" and "Fics", but I upload them all onto one Kobo ereader. I go to look for books by authors and I've got Oscar Wilde next to, say, WolfeeSama69. I'd like to change it so for all the authors in my "Fics" library, when they upload to Kobo, append "zz_" to all the author names (so WolfeeSama69 becomes zz_WolfeeSama69 on Kobo).

I know one option is to use the search and replace function on the metadata to change the author_sort (or authors), but I was wondering if there was another way? I've seen people talking about Plugboard, but I'm not sure how to get started - mostly I don't know how to specify that the rule would only work for a specific library when uploading.

11-13-2022, 05:28 PM	#1
robowolf Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kobo Clara	Change author name for specific Calibre Library upon ereader upload I have two Calibre Libraries, "Books" and "Fics", but I upload them all onto one Kobo ereader. I go to look for books by authors and I've got Oscar Wilde next to, say, WolfeeSama69. I'd like to change it so for all the authors in my "Fics" library, when they upload to Kobo, append "zz_" to all the author names (so WolfeeSama69 becomes zz_WolfeeSama69 on Kobo). I know one option is to use the search and replace function on the metadata to change the author_sort (or authors), but I was wondering if there was another way? I've seen people talking about Plugboard, but I'm not sure how to get started - mostly I don't know how to specify that the rule would only work for a specific library when uploading.