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Originally Posted by tagehring
Adding screenshots of the problem after fixing #2 above. I'm trying to map the author_sort to a user-created Author Sort column, I know it's not the default author_sort metadata tag. But I would prefer overwriting the default author_sort via CSV if possible.
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I suspect that it isn't possible without changing the plugin. The problem: depending on the API used, changing the author causes calibre to recompute the author sort. If the plugin sets author after author_sort then the recomputation will overwrite what was set. If my guess is correct then the fix would be for the plugin to ensure that author_sort is always set after author.
The most reliable way to do this is an expansion of what you are already doing.
- Clear all values from the sort custom column using bulk metadata edit.
- Run Import list.
- Select all books now having values in the custom column using #column_key:true
- Use bulk metadata edit / search and replace to copy the custom column to the author_sort column.
You could use the Action Chains plugin to do all the above steps in one chain.