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Old 10-03-2009, 04:58 AM   #1
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Author Sort

I'm wondering if there's a way to change how the authors are sorted on Sony Readers. In Calibre, the authors are displayed as First Name Last Name. While I'd prefer to see them as Last Name, First Name, I can live with them as they are because they still sort by last name. Alas, when Calibre transfers them to the reader, they are sorted by first name. While it's disturbing to find Connie Willis under the Cs instead of the Ws, it's a real problem with new books since I often don't remember the author's first name. I might only remember that the author's last name was someplace in the J range and recognize the title when I see it. With Calibre's excellent tagging and collection abilities, I can tag all new books as unread, but it would be really nice if the authors listed alphabetically by last name on the reader.

In Calibre metadata, I have, for example, Connie Willis in Author and Willis, Connie in Author Sort. Any suggestions?

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