Forma How do u deal with authors who are "Jr"? (Kobo ignores Calibre's "Author Sort" field)

droopy · 09-06-2019, 06:51 PM

It seems my Kobo Forma doesn't work well with name suffixes like "Jr".

Let's say I have a book written by Bob Smith Jr.
In Calibre, I select that book, then choose "Edit metadata". There I see an "Author sort" field. I then change see that it is correctly set to

Code:

Smith, Bob Jr.

But in my Forma, it will be filled under J, along with all the authors who have the Jr suffix.

How do you all handle this? How come Forma doesn't pay attention to Calibre's "Author sort" field?
How can I see "Bob Smith Jr" filed under "Smith"?

09-06-2019, 06:51 PM	#1
droopy Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	kobo missorts authors who have surname suffixes (e.g. "Jr") It seems my Kobo Forma doesn't work well with name suffixes like "Jr". Let's say I have a book written by Bob Smith Jr. In Calibre, I select that book, then choose "Edit metadata". There I see an "Author sort" field. I then change see that it is correctly set to Code: Smith, Bob Jr. But in my Forma, it will be filled under J, along with all the authors who have the Jr suffix. How do you all handle this? How come Forma doesn't pay attention to Calibre's "Author sort" field? How can I see "Bob Smith Jr" filed under "Smith"? Last edited by droopy; 09-08-2019 at 05:17 PM.

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