Removing leading words in Series

Dragonhomer · 04-29-2023, 09:15 PM

Still working on fixing the mom's list to what she wants to see.

Currently she or I do this manually, but it would be nice to have the program do it automatically.

Mom wants the leading A or The, or An from the Series names. She said the leading A, An or The in the series names confuses her.

At 90 years old, I am just impressed that she took to reading eBooks so quickly. She is not computer savvy at all, in fact the only program she knows (and uses) is Calibre, which is impressive if you know my mom.

Anyway, is there a way to have Calibre automatically remove the leading A, An or The from the series when it downloads the series & book information?

theducks · 04-29-2023, 09:27 PM

There is a tweak for both Titles and Series:
You want Library Order
Bookname, The

You will need to recompute the sorts (you can update Title sort by selecting all, 'E' for bulk mode MDE and tick the box near the bottom.

I think Series sort is automatic (I can't find a 'recalculate' method in the MDE or Manage Series)

04-29-2023, 09:15 PM	#1
Dragonhomer Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2023 Device: iPad	Removing leading words in Series Still working on fixing the mom's list to what she wants to see. Currently she or I do this manually, but it would be nice to have the program do it automatically. Mom wants the leading A or The, or An from the Series names. She said the leading A, An or The in the series names confuses her. At 90 years old, I am just impressed that she took to reading eBooks so quickly. She is not computer savvy at all, in fact the only program she knows (and uses) is Calibre, which is impressive if you know my mom. Anyway, is there a way to have Calibre automatically remove the leading A, An or The from the series when it downloads the series & book information?

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04-29-2023, 09:27 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	There is a tweak for both Titles and Series: You want Library Order Bookname, The You will need to recompute the sorts (you can update Title sort by selecting all, 'E' for bulk mode MDE and tick the box near the bottom. I think Series sort is automatic (I can't find a 'recalculate' method in the MDE or Manage Series)

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