Author Sort per library

[CamilleBC]

Hello! I would like to be able to change the author sort algorithm for each library I have.

As of now I have to: change library, change the author_sort algorithm, restart calibre, go to the author management tab, and click "Recalculate all Author sort values".

Not only is this very long, requires a restart and on more manipulation, it is also error prone, if I forget to do it when switching libraries or if I forget the algorithm I want.

Is there a solution and if not, is that a known problem?

Thank you very much!

[DNSB]

Out of curiosity, what in your multiple libraries requires a change in how you handle suffixes, prefixes and copy words in sorting authors?

[theducks]

I thought that was stored into the DB as the sorts only belong to that Library.

Or is the OP modifying rules (tweaks)?

[CamilleBC]

I might be misusing the feature but here is what I do.

I have an eReader that uses KoReader. When I send books to that device, it sorts them by authors in folders.

I use two libraries, one for regular books, one for RPG rule or source books.

Since I can't really easily navigate on the eReader (I have not found how to do so in KoReader), it's a lot easier for me to have all RPG for a certain system have the same author (all Pathfinder books will have Pathfinder as the author, all Call of Chtulhu books as well). For Call of Chtulhu, the normal author sort will make it Chtulhu, Call of. Though funny, this is not what I want.

Another solutions would be to be able to specify the folder created per device and per library, but I have not solved how to do that.

If any of you have a better way of doing what I want, I would love to hear it!

Thank you for you answers!

[theducks]

Templates (send to device) can do a lot.
Back when I started, my device only used folders (no bookshelf system)
Chaley helped me out.

To give you an idea (you could just use a Tag as a trigger instead)

# Calibre Send to Device 11/2013
program:test(field('series'),strcat(
substr(field('series'), 0, 1),template("-series/{series:subitems(0,1)||/}{series:subitems(1,2)||/}{series_index:0>5.2s}-{title}_{authors}")
),template("00noseries/{author_sort[0]}_authors/{authors}/{title}-{authors}_{id}")
)

What this did was separate Series and 00noSeries (top folders)
To keep things neater (no easy way to search )
I then created folders by first letter (for both Series or Authors) to narrow things down for easy location.

Not being familiar with KopReadr. Calibre also has a PLUGBOARD, the can do all sorts of stuff with standard metadata based systems (Does not affect the LIBRARY). eg prepend {series_index}-to Title

[CamilleBC]

Originally Posted by theducks

I thought that was stored into the DB as the sorts only belong to that Library.

Or is the OP modifying rules (tweaks)?

I'm modifying rules (tweaks), as I've not found any other place mentioning the author sort. Am I wrong and is it located somewhere else for a "per library" basis?

[CamilleBC]

I will look into PLUGBOARD and check what I can do with them.

Thanks for the template, I did not think about separating series and non-series. That is a very good idea! :thank_you:

[theducks]

templates allow you to insert literals (words and folders)
foo/{title}
foo is a folder

bar-{title}
is a title with bar- prepended

Between Kovid and Chaley, we have POWER to change

[CamilleBC]

Hey theducks!

I'd just like to let you know that I'm having fun with the templates now.

Templates and custom columns are stored per library, which allows me to create a specific send to device using, for example, a custom "#rpg_rulesystem" column, and using authors for their original purpose!

Thanks again!

[theducks]

Originally Posted by CamilleBC

Hey theducks!

I'd just like to let you know that I'm having fun with the templates now.

Templates and custom columns are stored per library, which allows me to create a specific send to device using, for example, a custom "#rpg_rulesystem" column, and using authors for their original purpose!

Thanks again!

Have fun. I still find it amazing how many ways there is to use Calibre...
That Kovid thought of ways of doing.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by CamilleBC

Hello! I would like to be able to change the author sort algorithm for each library I have.

As of now I have to: change library, change the author_sort algorithm, restart calibre, go to the author management tab, and click "Recalculate all Author sort values".

Not only is this very long, requires a restart and on more manipulation, it is also error prone, if I forget to do it when switching libraries or if I forget the algorithm I want.

Is there a solution and if not, is that a known problem?

Thank you very much!

The JobSpy plugin has a number of Per Library settings that override the global defaults, viz:



Hover over the Tweak label for details on how to use, some require plugin specific tweaks, which are here:



I use the Tweak for Per-Library: 'Author Sort Copy Method':

Make sure you check the activate checkbox.

BR