Can't get author sort right

CODASammy · 04-03-2013, 04:07 PM

Hi, I hope someone can help me: I'm going crazy here! My books are correctly sorted by author LN in Calibre, but when I look on my Kindle, they're sorted by author FN for no reason I can understand.

More info below:

I have a random mishmash of books; some from Amazon, some from elsewhere. Some of my books had miscapitalisations in the titles, some had the series name in the title, some had authors as LN, FN instead of FN LN, some books were correctly listed as FN LN but were incorrectly sorted under the author's first name.. it was a mess.

So, I downloaded Calibre, and changed the metadata for all my books - approximately 1000 titles. It didn't work at first (I don't know why) and I just ended up with double copies of incorrectly-named books.

Today, after a lot of fiddling, I have all the books listed exactly how I want them. The only problem now is that all my books on my Kindle are listed alphabetically by author first name!

In Calibre, I have the author field set to FN LN and the author sort set to LN, FN. I have tried putting the author sort to FN LN but that doesn't change anything on my Kindle. I really, really hate seeing books listed as LN, FN so I don't want to change the author field - and I shouldn't have to, because before I messed around with Calibre most of my books were listed as FN LN but sorted by LN, which is exactly how I wanted it.

What did I do wrong? How can I fix it?

alanHd · 04-03-2013, 04:23 PM

I had the same problem as you, if memory serves me right under preferences/ output options i had to set "use author sort for author" in the formats i send to KIndle.

i ended up deleting everything from my Kindle and resending everything just so they were all the same.

CODASammy · 04-03-2013, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanHd

I had the same problem as you, if memory serves me right under preferences/ output options i had to set "use author sort for author" in the formats i send to KIndle.

Does that mean that I'll end up with LN, FN as the author, though? 'Cause I don't want that!

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanHd

i ended up deleting everything from my Kindle and resending everything just so they were all the same.

I don't mind doing this as long as it turns out right!

alanHd · 04-03-2013, 04:37 PM

I thought you wanted them sorted om your Kindle by last name or am i reading your post wrong?

The sort in Calibre does not change and the author view on my kindle still shows FN LN, it just sorts on the last name.

CODASammy · 04-03-2013, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanHd

I thought you wanted them sorted om your Kindle by last name or am i reading your post wrong?

The sort in Calibre does not change and the author view on my kindle still shows FN LN, it just sorts on the last name.

No, you're right - I was just worried the author view would change

OK, I'll give this a try - thank you!

alanHd · 04-03-2013, 04:41 PM

If your unsure just pick one book and try it, but it does work. just remember the setting needs changing on each format.

CODASammy · 04-03-2013, 05:04 PM

It works!!!! I could kiss you

I've only done it on one author, but they're now in the right place, and still showing as FN LN, so it works! Now to do it for the other 944 books...

Thank you so much!

alanHd · 04-03-2013, 05:18 PM

I'm glad thats what you wanted, it makes it a lot easier searching.

One thing, if you do delete them all and resend. It can take ages to Index and its power hungry, so i left mine on charge untill it had finished.

Plus i checked it ever so often and if it had not gone down i restarted my kindle.

CODASammy · 04-03-2013, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanHd

I'm glad thats what you wanted, it makes it a lot easier searching.

One thing, if you do delete them all and resend. It can take ages to Index and its power hungry, so i left mine on charge untill it had finished.

Plus i checked it ever so often and if it had not gone down i restarted my kindle.

Thanks for the tip

04-03-2013, 04:07 PM	#1
CODASammy Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 5398 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kindle 3	Can't get author sort right Hi, I hope someone can help me: I'm going crazy here! My books are correctly sorted by author LN in Calibre, but when I look on my Kindle, they're sorted by author FN for no reason I can understand. More info below: I have a random mishmash of books; some from Amazon, some from elsewhere. Some of my books had miscapitalisations in the titles, some had the series name in the title, some had authors as LN, FN instead of FN LN, some books were correctly listed as FN LN but were incorrectly sorted under the author's first name.. it was a mess. So, I downloaded Calibre, and changed the metadata for all my books - approximately 1000 titles. It didn't work at first (I don't know why) and I just ended up with double copies of incorrectly-named books. Today, after a lot of fiddling, I have all the books listed exactly how I want them. The only problem now is that all my books on my Kindle are listed alphabetically by author first name! In Calibre, I have the author field set to FN LN and the author sort set to LN, FN. I have tried putting the author sort to FN LN but that doesn't change anything on my Kindle. I really, really hate seeing books listed as LN, FN so I don't want to change the author field - and I shouldn't have to, because before I messed around with Calibre most of my books were listed as FN LN but sorted by LN, which is exactly how I wanted it. What did I do wrong? How can I fix it?

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04-03-2013, 04:23 PM	#2
alanHd Addict Posts: 374 Karma: 1408579 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, Ipod Touch, Ipad Air	I had the same problem as you, if memory serves me right under preferences/ output options i had to set "use author sort for author" in the formats i send to KIndle. i ended up deleting everything from my Kindle and resending everything just so they were all the same.

04-03-2013, 04:37 PM	#4
alanHd Addict Posts: 374 Karma: 1408579 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, Ipod Touch, Ipad Air	I thought you wanted them sorted om your Kindle by last name or am i reading your post wrong? The sort in Calibre does not change and the author view on my kindle still shows FN LN, it just sorts on the last name.

04-03-2013, 04:41 PM	#6
alanHd Addict Posts: 374 Karma: 1408579 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, Ipod Touch, Ipad Air	If your unsure just pick one book and try it, but it does work. just remember the setting needs changing on each format.

04-03-2013, 05:04 PM	#7
CODASammy Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 5398 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kindle 3	It works!!!! I could kiss you I've only done it on one author, but they're now in the right place, and still showing as FN LN, so it works! Now to do it for the other 944 books... Thank you so much!

04-03-2013, 05:18 PM	#8
alanHd Addict Posts: 374 Karma: 1408579 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, Ipod Touch, Ipad Air	I'm glad thats what you wanted, it makes it a lot easier searching. One thing, if you do delete them all and resend. It can take ages to Index and its power hungry, so i left mine on charge untill it had finished. Plus i checked it ever so often and if it had not gone down i restarted my kindle.

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