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Xenophon · 12-10-2009, 11:12 AM

Slightly

but... Speaking of desirable changes for licensees...

Can you, um... encourage them* to pay attention to the standard attribute for sorting by author (I think it's file-as, but I could be wrong). It's super-annoying that my Sony Reader (for example) insists on alphabetizing by the #@*&#$@%* first letter of the visible author-name. Even though the meta-data in their very own format (LRF/LRX) has a perfectly-good entry for the correct value to sort by. Given that ePub has this meta-data available, it would be great if the device makers actually paid attention to it.

Xenophon

* Perhaps some midnight phone-calls with the Marlon-Brando-as-Don-Corleone voice: "You owe us a favor..." might be effective if simple persuasion, documentation, and Adobe's "bully pulpit" aren't enough.

12-10-2009, 11:12 AM	#34
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,487 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	Slightly but... Speaking of desirable changes for licensees... Can you, um... encourage them* to pay attention to the standard attribute for sorting by author (I think it's file-as, but I could be wrong). It's super-annoying that my Sony Reader (for example) insists on alphabetizing by the #@&#$@% first letter of the visible author-name. Even though the meta-data in their very own format (LRF/LRX) has a perfectly-good entry for the correct value to sort by. Given that ePub has this meta-data available, it would be great if the device makers actually paid attention to it. Xenophon * Perhaps some midnight phone-calls with the Marlon-Brando-as-Don-Corleone voice: "You owe us a favor..." might be effective if simple persuasion, documentation, and Adobe's "bully pulpit" aren't enough.