Author Sort

[gbm]

In calibre tweaks:

Use author_sort and/or series_sort for names in Tag browser (ID: categories_use_field_for_author_name)

ID: categories_use_field_for_author_name

Set which author or series field is used to display as the item name in the Tag browser (the list of authors, series, publishers etc on the left hand side). The choices for author are 'author' and 'author_sort'. The choices for series are 'series' and 'series_sort'. This tweak affects only what is displayed under the category in the Tag browser and Content server. Please note that if you set this to …_sort, it is possible to see duplicate names in the list because although it is guaranteed that author and series names are unique, there is no such guarantee for their sort values. Showing duplicates won't break anything but it could lead to some confusion. The tooltip for an item will show the item's name no matter how you set this tweak. Examples:

categories_use_field_for_author_name = 'author'
categories_use_field_for_author_name = 'author_sort'
categories_use_field_for_series_name = 'series'
categories_use_field_for_series_name = 'series_sort'

bernie

Originally Posted by JeffGeorge

I believe this is something that was a standard part of the Calibre GUI.

In the left pane of my screen is an Authors section. This opens up to a submenu of each letter. Inside each letter (A, B, C, etc.) is alphabetized list of authors and how many books I have by that author. It is sorted by last name. This is great except it's displayed as First Name, Last Name. Is there a way to make it display as Last Name, First Name instead?

[retiredbiker]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

In the Books tab, yes. Go to the Authors tab on your Kobo. What do you see there?

Even worse mess will result if you have books written by more than one author.

Ha, 5 years and I've never used that tab. Yes, it's a mess. Also shows all the empty folders Calibre leaves behind!

I only keep ~6 books on the reader. The Calibre libraries are my storage. So that makes it very easy on the reader.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by retiredbiker

Ha, 5 years and I've never used that tab. Yes, it's a mess. Also shows all the empty folders Calibre leaves behind!

If you remove books from your Kobo via Calibre (not on the device), no empty folders will be left.