series help

[buellie]

i have never used calibre much expect for converting books to the kindle format, but i thought i try it a little more but im perplexed
Fern Michaels - Sisterhood Seriers
Book 4 - The Jury comes up as Book 27 in calibre published in 2011 when it was published in 2005
Book 13 - Under the Radar comes up as Book 28 but the date is correct
am i doing something wrong?

[JSWolf]

You can manually change the series number. Just type in the series name and put in [4] for book for and [13] for book 13. If you didn't make sue the series numbers were correct, then you could be out of order. But you can manually fix that.

I downloaded a sample of Under the Radar and Calibre shows the published date as May 2009.

Where did these copies come from?

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by buellie

i have never used calibre much expect for converting books to the kindle format, but i thought i try it a little more but im perplexed
Fern Michaels - Sisterhood Seriers
Book 4 - The Jury comes up as Book 27 in calibre published in 2011 when it was published in 2005
Book 13 - Under the Radar comes up as Book 28 but the date is correct
am i doing something wrong?

Calibre can only do what it is told. The real question is where the metadata is coming from. If it is from the books, then whoever added the metadata to the books appears to have gotten it wrong. If you are doing a metadata download and getting these results, then the source being used has these wrong. You can look at the different metadata sources you have enabled and work out which is the best for you.

But, I suspect that are manually editing the metadata and adding the series name. If so, calibre is automatically choosing the series index. It has to do this based on rules. The rule used can be configured in the tweaks section of the preferences. But, the default rule is "next" which means, "First available integer larger than the largest existing number". That sounds like the behaviour you are reporting. It sounds like you already had book #26 when you added "The Jury" and "Under the Radar", hence they were number #27 and #28.

And doing a manual edit suggests that the book had the wrong publishing date in it. The only thing you can do about that is to fix it and report to whoever produced the book that they have it wrong. But, it could be correct as that is probably the publishing date of the edition you have.

And for the record, my experience is that the metadata in books is terrible. I always do a metadata download and pick the one I like the look of best and fix any glaring problems.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by buellie

published in 2011 when it was published in 2005

The metadata in ebooks is often wrong, especially the publication date, which is most often the date the ebook was published, not the date the book itself was first published in any format (which is the date I like to use).

[buellie]

i kind of figured it was like music tagging never very accurate.
i was having some many problems it was easier to chuck my copy and install the new version, one thing though the left column Author sub category by first letter doesnt seem to be working

[theducks]

Originally Posted by buellie

i kind of figured it was like music tagging never very accurate.
i was having some many problems it was easier to chuck my copy and install the new version, one thing though the left column Author sub category by first letter doesnt seem to be working

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