[Manichean]

Originally Posted by peaceridge

Thanks so much - I had forgotten all about the author sort field. When I load a book into Calibre I don't go to metadata, I have just been changing the author from FN LN to LN, FN. Since all my authors are in LN, FN the tweek won't help me - sigh. So, I'll spend my Sunday going into the metadata field for all my books

Thanks for the answer.

Well, you're wrong, it would help you. Set it to "copy" and put LN, FN in your author field and your authors will be sorted the way you expect them to be.