Author Sort format

jdh · 07-26-2009, 12:07 AM

I wish to regenerate the metadata in a set of epub books that use the following filename format.

author_lastname, author_firstname - title.epub

for example,
Scott, Sir Walter - Anne of Geierstein.epub

The desired metadata is,
title = Anne of Geierstein
author = Scott, Sir Walter
author sort = Scott, Sir Walter

I can get the desired title and author metadata by unchecking the "read metadata from files" box, and then adding the book with the regular expression,
(?P<author>,+) - (?P<title>[^_]+)

But the author sort metadata is created as,
Walter, Scott, Sir

I have spent some time looking for a solution in the Calibre User Manual but haven't found one. Can anyone help with this? Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 07-26-2009, 12:56 AM

There isn't an automated solution, you have to manually edit the author sort

jdh · 07-26-2009, 01:27 AM

An automated solution would have been nice but manually editing works. Thanks for the reply, and thanks for Calibre!

oldcrow74 · 08-13-2009, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdh

An automated solution would have been nice but manually editing works. Thanks for the reply, and thanks for Calibre!

Any chance of some automated solution to this in the future? This is absolutely driving me nuts and is almost a deal breaker. Why in the world can't I sort the authors' names by the way they are displayed? Editing the metadata in a couple thousand ebooks is not an option.

HarryT · 08-14-2009, 02:48 AM

Calibre 0.6.6 no longer "inverts" the author sort field if it contains a comma, so an author of "Scott, Sir Walter" will stay that way. I don't know if that will be any help or not.

oldcrow74 · 08-14-2009, 06:01 AM

I'm running 0.6.6. I'm pretty much giving up on Calibre until there's a grown-up release of at least 1.0. I'm too old to put up with this level of frustration in my life.

itimpi · 08-14-2009, 07:09 AM

I do not ever see it getting to a 1.0 release (or at least not for a very long time). With most software packages they would probably be calling it the 6.6 release rather than the 0.6.6 one

07-26-2009, 12:07 AM	#1
jdh Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle3, Voyage	Author Sort format I wish to regenerate the metadata in a set of epub books that use the following filename format. author_lastname, author_firstname - title.epub for example, Scott, Sir Walter - Anne of Geierstein.epub The desired metadata is, title = Anne of Geierstein author = Scott, Sir Walter author sort = Scott, Sir Walter I can get the desired title and author metadata by unchecking the "read metadata from files" box, and then adding the book with the regular expression, (?P<author>,+) - (?P<title>[^_]+) But the author sort metadata is created as, Walter, Scott, Sir I have spent some time looking for a solution in the Calibre User Manual but haven't found one. Can anyone help with this? Thanks.

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07-26-2009, 12:56 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,223 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There isn't an automated solution, you have to manually edit the author sort

07-26-2009, 01:27 AM	#3
jdh Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle3, Voyage	An automated solution would have been nice but manually editing works. Thanks for the reply, and thanks for Calibre!

08-14-2009, 02:48 AM	#5
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Calibre 0.6.6 no longer "inverts" the author sort field if it contains a comma, so an author of "Scott, Sir Walter" will stay that way. I don't know if that will be any help or not.

08-14-2009, 06:01 AM	#6
oldcrow74 Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: sony prs-700bc	I'm running 0.6.6. I'm pretty much giving up on Calibre until there's a grown-up release of at least 1.0. I'm too old to put up with this level of frustration in my life.

08-14-2009, 07:09 AM	#7
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I do not ever see it getting to a 1.0 release (or at least not for a very long time). With most software packages they would probably be calling it the 6.6 release rather than the 0.6.6 one

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