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a_librarian · 09-17-2024, 06:22 PM

So, I have a couple of books with 2, 3 or more authors in my Calibre library, and I am trying to find a way to sort these.
I have my author column sorted by [LastName, FirstName], and I would like to be able to (automatically) sort multiple authors in a book by their last name.

For example:
Author column of book 1 has 4 authors: W., S. & L., K. & B., P. & T. W.
Author column of book 2 has 3 authors: S., L. & N., M. & B. P.

Is there a way - with a plugin or via regex or whatever - to have that changed to
Book 1: B.P. & L.K. & T.W. & W.S.
Books 2: B.P. & N.M. & S.L.
without me having to do that manually for every single book?

09-17-2024, 06:22 PM	#1
a_librarian Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: PocketPook Touch HD 3	Sort multiple authors in a single book alphabetically? So, I have a couple of books with 2, 3 or more authors in my Calibre library, and I am trying to find a way to sort these. I have my author column sorted by [LastName, FirstName], and I would like to be able to (automatically) sort multiple authors in a book by their last name. For example: Author column of book 1 has 4 authors: W., S. & L., K. & B., P. & T. W. Author column of book 2 has 3 authors: S., L. & N., M. & B. P. Is there a way - with a plugin or via regex or whatever - to have that changed to Book 1: B.P. & L.K. & T.W. & W.S. Books 2: B.P. & N.M. & S.L. without me having to do that manually for every single book?