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Originally Posted by markbond1007
could you also consider doing something about the ordering of series/books on the device please. At the moment I have to remember to set Calibre to order by series before I transfer anything to my Sony, it would be more usefull to have an option on the device to say always use "this field" ordering to transfer books.
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Thanks for the comments.
Sorry, but I don't understand what it is you want, primarily because I think calibre already does it.
If calibre is permitted to use series metadata (the word 'series' appears in the "Build collections from" box in Sony device customization), then the series collections will always be sorted into series number order based on the series indices of the books. If this ordering is not happening, I want to know about it. I know of no way to tell calibre to sort a series other than by setting the collections field appropriately.
By popular demand, metadata on the device is now updated only when a book is sent. Thus, where the books end up and how they are sorted will be controlled by the values when the books were sent, not their current values. This can lead to confusion, but is a necessary consequence of the 'update metadata on send' choice.
If the new option is left checked, the book will not be deleted from previous series (one reason I will never leave the option checked
). If the option is unchecked, then the book will be removed from all collections before being added to collections specified by metadata. Update metadata on send is used in this case as well.
Is this not the behavior you are seeing?
Calibre currently sorts collections by title. Then, if the collection is a series, it sorts by series index, giving you title within index. Are you asking to change this behavior?
Thanks for any clarifications.
Regarding the 'feature', what I am considering, and will probably build if the performance issues reported by FizzyWater have been corrected, is to add a third option, update metadata on connect. The option will be tri-value, meaning that you will have the choice of manual management (as today), manage on send (as today), and manage on connect (the new choice). Having this option will ensure that for books identified as being in both the library and on the device, the metadata on the device will be consistent with the metadata in the library. Would you use it?