Adding booking in surname, firstname format?

unabatedshagie · 07-06-2016, 04:40 PM

I'm sure I used to have this set up before I had to re-install calibre.

When I add a book I want the folder that calibre creates to be in surname, firstname format.

I've looked through the settings and found a checkbox in the add books section of the preferences called swap author firstname and lastname but even after checking this and restarting if I add a book calibre still creates the folder in firstname surname format.

Am I missing something?

BetterRed · 07-06-2016, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unabatedshagie

I'm sure I used to have this set up before I had to re-install calibre.

When I add a book I want the folder that calibre creates to be in surname, firstname format.

I've looked through the settings and found a checkbox in the add books section of the preferences called swap author firstname and lastname but even after checking this and restarting if I add a book calibre still creates the folder in firstname surname format.

Am I missing something?

You may need to change this setting ==>> Preferences->Tweaks->Author sort name algorithm

BR

eschwartz · 07-07-2016, 01:53 AM

You will need to modify the author field of each book, to swap FN LN <->LN, FN

As BetterRed said, there is a tweak to control the default algorithm used to calculate a missing value, or recalculate everything.
(It should control both directions.)

theducks · 07-07-2016, 03:56 AM

to fix those that are ALREADY wrong:
Quality Check Plugin:Fix: Swap Author...

Only apply on those wrong
does not work if book has multiple Authors and one of those is wrong

unabatedshagie · 07-07-2016, 07:11 AM

Doh, figured it out.

There is an option in the metadata download section to swap author names, I always download the metadata again when I add new books which is why I thought calibre was doing this for me.

BetterRed · 07-07-2016, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unabatedshagie

Doh, figured it out.

There is an option in the metadata download section to swap author names, I always download the metadata again when I add new books which is why I thought calibre was doing this for me.

Beware: some MD sites will have lousy data, e.g. this was reported yesterday ==> Author names coming up strange when download metadata

I manually set the author(s) and title columns, I never download them.

BR

07-06-2016, 04:40 PM	#1
unabatedshagie Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2	Adding booking in surname, firstname format? I'm sure I used to have this set up before I had to re-install calibre. When I add a book I want the folder that calibre creates to be in surname, firstname format. I've looked through the settings and found a checkbox in the add books section of the preferences called swap author firstname and lastname but even after checking this and restarting if I add a book calibre still creates the folder in firstname surname format. Am I missing something?

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	You will need to modify the author field of each book, to swap FN LN <->LN, FN As BetterRed said, there is a tweak to control the default algorithm used to calculate a missing value, or recalculate everything. (It should control both directions.)

07-07-2016, 03:56 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,936 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	to fix those that are ALREADY wrong: Quality Check Plugin:Fix: Swap Author... Only apply on those wrong does not work if book has multiple Authors and one of those is wrong

07-07-2016, 07:11 AM	#5
unabatedshagie Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2	Doh, figured it out. There is an option in the metadata download section to swap author names, I always download the metadata again when I add new books which is why I thought calibre was doing this for me.

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