Author sort in KT

Zikka · 06-02-2012, 05:59 AM

So. I use Calibre to manage my (ever increasing) collection of ebooks and the authorsort shows them all nice and neatly from Adams, Douglas all the way down to Wilde, Oscar.

Which is awesome, except my Kindle Touch shows them from Anne McCaffrey down to whatever...

My question is - is there an easy way to switch the author names to author sort in Calibre so when they're on my kindle they'll display exactly the same way?

I have about 800 ebooks, and 151 different authors, so doing it manually would be a major undertaking. I'm wondering if there's a setting in Calibre I've missed that will switch them over easily

Bookatarian · 06-02-2012, 07:14 AM

Good question...my author sort on KT is a mix of both first and last name....some are in order by first name, while other books are correctly sorting by last name. In Calibre, I've sorted them using last name. Would love to figure this out too.

Zikka · 06-02-2012, 08:55 AM

I found a way.

I'm reconverting all my ebooks to MOBI and have checked "use author sort for author" option in the MOBI output settings section

Bookatarian · 06-02-2012, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zikka

I found a way.

I'm reconverting all my ebooks to MOBI and have checked "use author sort for author" option in the MOBI output settings section

I was afraid of that since I have such a mix on my Kindle. I had checked that option, but apparently only after converting and loading others on my Kindle first.

I'll add this to my "to do" list for sorting things out this summer. Thanks for the reply!

06-02-2012, 05:59 AM	#1
Zikka Member Posts: 10 Karma: 17 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Touch	Author sort in KT So. I use Calibre to manage my (ever increasing) collection of ebooks and the authorsort shows them all nice and neatly from Adams, Douglas all the way down to Wilde, Oscar. Which is awesome, except my Kindle Touch shows them from Anne McCaffrey down to whatever... My question is - is there an easy way to switch the author names to author sort in Calibre so when they're on my kindle they'll display exactly the same way? I have about 800 ebooks, and 151 different authors, so doing it manually would be a major undertaking. I'm wondering if there's a setting in Calibre I've missed that will switch them over easily

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06-02-2012, 07:14 AM	#2
Bookatarian Zealot Posts: 146 Karma: 620038 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Good question...my author sort on KT is a mix of both first and last name....some are in order by first name, while other books are correctly sorting by last name. In Calibre, I've sorted them using last name. Would love to figure this out too.

06-02-2012, 08:55 AM	#3
Zikka Member Posts: 10 Karma: 17 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Touch	I found a way. I'm reconverting all my ebooks to MOBI and have checked "use author sort for author" option in the MOBI output settings section

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