okay... cancelled my conversions from mobi to mobi
good thing, too... still had a ways to go on them
I did not have "use author sort for author" checked.
This time, it worked, but I think this is one of the ones that went through the conversion, since it claims to have both a prc and a mobi version (which, i wish there was a way to say "if there is not a prc or mobi version, then convert", because I don't like the pdf versions)
Let me see if I update my kindle again, that'll tell me if there are any that didn't get fixed by the re-conversion. If I find any, I will try the steps you gave above and let you know how it goes.
Thanks for the help!