Glo wrong authors order

dcamp70 · 12-17-2020, 07:09 AM

In the my books section the sorting by author does not work. The authors are reported twice, the first with the surname and the second with the name. In some cases with both. I use Calibre to import books to kobo. Can you help me to fix the problem?

davidfor · 12-17-2020, 08:09 AM

Kobo assumes the author is in the format "FN LN". If there are multiple authors, it is "FN1 LN1, FN2 LN2, FN2 LN2". Without seeing how the authors as "LN, FN". If that is the case, then there will be two entries in the author list for "LN" and "FN" (As one of the names is "Agatha", I'm wondering if you have a "Christie" as well).

With what you show in the screenshot, it usually means you have the authors in calibre as "LN, FN" rather than "FN LN" and having the author_sort as "LN, FN". In general, it works better to use the latter setup in calibre as a lot of different things assume the author is "FN LN". If you fix the author in calibre, the drivers can do the update on the device the next time you connect. The Quality Check plugin can help with this.

dcamp70 · 12-17-2020, 09:16 AM

Thanks!! In fact in calibre I have all the authors inserted as Ln, Fn. Is there a way to automatically change them all by reversing the values?

davidfor · 12-17-2020, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dcamp70

Thanks!! In fact in calibre I have all the authors inserted as Ln, Fn. Is there a way to automatically change them all by reversing the values?

Have a look at the Quality Check plugin. It has a function to find all authors with commas in their names, and then to fix this.

12-17-2020, 07:09 AM	#1
dcamp70 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2020 Device: kobo glo	wrong authors order In the my books section the sorting by author does not work. The authors are reported twice, the first with the surname and the second with the name. In some cases with both. I use Calibre to import books to kobo. Can you help me to fix the problem? Attached Thumbnails

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12-17-2020, 08:09 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Kobo assumes the author is in the format "FN LN". If there are multiple authors, it is "FN1 LN1, FN2 LN2, FN2 LN2". Without seeing how the authors as "LN, FN". If that is the case, then there will be two entries in the author list for "LN" and "FN" (As one of the names is "Agatha", I'm wondering if you have a "Christie" as well). With what you show in the screenshot, it usually means you have the authors in calibre as "LN, FN" rather than "FN LN" and having the author_sort as "LN, FN". In general, it works better to use the latter setup in calibre as a lot of different things assume the author is "FN LN". If you fix the author in calibre, the drivers can do the update on the device the next time you connect. The Quality Check plugin can help with this.

12-17-2020, 09:16 AM	#3
dcamp70 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2020 Device: kobo glo	Thanks!! In fact in calibre I have all the authors inserted as Ln, Fn. Is there a way to automatically change them all by reversing the values?

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