Book Series - Unscrambling order of books

felix56 · 06-25-2015, 12:41 AM

I have a problem i would like some advice on.

When i first installed Calibre & loaded books by an author, series order was sequential, ie. 1-10+. Now for some reason my series are scrambled. Can anyone advise me on remedying this.

Thanks.

HarryT · 06-25-2015, 02:12 AM

Please use the forums correctly. Calibre questions belong in the Calibre forum, to where I'm moving this.

HarryT · 06-25-2015, 02:14 AM

Sounds like a simple matter of sort order. To sort by series order within author, click first on the "Series" column header, and then on the "Author" column header. If you want to make this the default sort order when Calibre starts, go to "Preferences / Tweaks", and set the value of the "Specify columns by which to sort the booklist on startup" setting to:

sort_columns_at_startup = [('authors', 0), ('series', 0)]

(The default sort order when you install Calibre is to sort by title within author, which will scramble your series.)

theducks · 06-25-2015, 10:52 AM

Harry
The default is Natural Order, simply the ({id}) order the titles were added to that particular Library.

HarryT · 06-25-2015, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Harry
The default is Natural Order, simply the ({id}) order the titles were added to that particular Library.

Thank you for the correction - it's many years since I first set mine

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theducks · 06-25-2015, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Thank you for the correction - it's many years since I first set mine

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I keep wanting a Unsorted button to return the view to Natural order after using a sort.
Unfortunately (?), the box above the Line-Numbers has always been 'Clear Selections' so I use Ctrl-R (I do not have a Sort tweak set), but the downside is selections may be lost.

The last Added book will then be at the bottom of the list.

Kovid,
Could a Shift-Click <row # header> be assigned to sort by ID?

kovidgoyal · 06-25-2015, 11:38 AM

The natural sort order is by date not id. Simply click the date header to sort by date again.

theducks · 06-25-2015, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The natural sort order is by date not id. Simply click the date header to sort by date again.

Oops

I have been using Copy to Library, with the Preserve Date tweak after 'intake (library) processing'. New books (Main Library) do not always get transferred in order of original arrival.
I guess that might explain why it mostly seemed to work

(I had assumed that the few were those merged into 'Empty Book' place holders.
Thanks

06-25-2015, 12:41 AM	#1
felix56 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: none	Book Series - Unscrambling order of books I have a problem i would like some advice on. When i first installed Calibre & loaded books by an author, series order was sequential, ie. 1-10+. Now for some reason my series are scrambled. Can anyone advise me on remedying this. Thanks.

06-25-2015, 02:14 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Sounds like a simple matter of sort order. To sort by series order within author, click first on the "Series" column header, and then on the "Author" column header. If you want to make this the default sort order when Calibre starts, go to "Preferences / Tweaks", and set the value of the "Specify columns by which to sort the booklist on startup" setting to: sort_columns_at_startup = [('authors', 0), ('series', 0)] (The default sort order when you install Calibre is to sort by title within author, which will scramble your series.) Last edited by HarryT; 06-25-2015 at 04:24 AM.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Please use the forums correctly. Calibre questions belong in the Calibre forum, to where I'm moving this.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The natural sort order is by date not id. Simply click the date header to sort by date again.

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