Author sort question

Cynosarges · 02-25-2019, 06:11 PM

I have just hit an issue on the Author Sort.

Inputting an author "Mark Del Franco", the author sort incorrectly decided his family name was "Franco". However, the author (and his publisher) say his name is "Del Franco".

I fixed this by manually changing the Author Sort field, but Calibre sets the field to pink, warning of inconsistencies.

I looked at the Calibre manual for tweaks to the sort name algorithm, but there doesn't appear to be a tweak for the European family name prefixes (Italian 'del,' French 'de,' German 'von,' Dutch 'van' ...)

This won't affect me much, as I expect less than a dozen occurrences of prefixed names, but I was wondering if I am setting myself up for problems in the future by manually changing the Author Sort field. Can anyone offer some advice please?

theducks · 02-25-2019, 06:16 PM

Right click on the Authors name in the tag browser: Manage: Set the proper value there.
Nothing is 100% when International variants are involved. Pink is just a warning that there might be issues.

Yellow/amber might be a better color as this is a Warning, not an error

02-25-2019, 06:11 PM	#1
Cynosarges Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 53566 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: Kindle Touch	Author sort question I have just hit an issue on the Author Sort. Inputting an author "Mark Del Franco", the author sort incorrectly decided his family name was "Franco". However, the author (and his publisher) say his name is "Del Franco". I fixed this by manually changing the Author Sort field, but Calibre sets the field to pink, warning of inconsistencies. I looked at the Calibre manual for tweaks to the sort name algorithm, but there doesn't appear to be a tweak for the European family name prefixes (Italian 'del,' French 'de,' German 'von,' Dutch 'van' ...) This won't affect me much, as I expect less than a dozen occurrences of prefixed names, but I was wondering if I am setting myself up for problems in the future by manually changing the Author Sort field. Can anyone offer some advice please?

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02-25-2019, 06:16 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,356 Karma: 62500000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Right click on the Authors name in the tag browser: Manage: Set the proper value there. Nothing is 100% when International variants are involved. Pink is just a warning that there might be issues. Yellow/amber might be a better color as this is a Warning, not an error

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