Problem with editing metadata - Page 2

DoctorOhh · 11-07-2012, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

Quote:

Originally Posted by jenrar

No one has any thought on my post?

Can you help jenrar

Maybe, I never sort primarily by Title. I always sort by author then by series and finally by title. I do not have a Kindle but possibly jenrar may find help in

Preferences - Tweaks - Set the list of words considered to be "articles" for title sort

or

Preferences - Tweaks - Control formatting of title and series when used in templates.

Good Luck.

jenrar · 11-07-2012, 03:19 PM

Thanks for the posts, guys. I can sort them ok in Calibre, but because I have a Touch, it doesn't keep that sort saved when I send it to my Kindle, I guess. It still sorts with the article (The or A, etc) at the end. Ah well. I figured out a workaround. It's a pain, but no biggie.

DoctorOhh · 11-07-2012, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jenrar

Thanks for the posts, guys. I can sort them ok in Calibre

The second item I referred you to has nothing to do with sorting in calibre.

Good luck.

jenrar · 11-09-2012, 02:29 AM

Thank you! I'll try that.

Crewmom · 11-26-2012, 04:32 AM

Jenrar, I think what you are having problems with may be the difference between "title" and "title_sort" fields. I don't have a Kindle, but when I send a book to iTunes, it sends both the "title" and "title_sort" to iTunes "name" and "sort_name" fields, respectively.

To do as you are requesting, I had to specifiy that Calibre send the "title" as the "title_sort" by using the Metadata Plugboard. I would think you could do the same on the Kindle.

Hope this helps.

chaley · 11-26-2012, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jenrar

I think this thread is going along with my question, so instead of posting a new thread, I figured I'd post here. I like to have my books sort title-wise differently than the generic sort. For books like: The Surprise Birthday Party, instead of it sorting like: Surprise Birthday Party, The (where it shows in the list using Surprise as the first word), I have the first word as The. (Same goes for A Surprise Birthday Party, for example.) I've changed the metadata on all my books in calibre, but after I sent them to my Kindle, it's still sorting them like Surprise Birthday Party, The.

Help please?

See the tweak (preferences -> tweaks) "Control formatting of title and series when used in templates (ID: save_template_title_series_sorting)". Set it to strictly_alphabetic.

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11-07-2012, 03:19 PM	#17
jenrar Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: none	Thanks for the posts, guys. I can sort them ok in Calibre, but because I have a Touch, it doesn't keep that sort saved when I send it to my Kindle, I guess. It still sorts with the article (The or A, etc) at the end. Ah well. I figured out a workaround. It's a pain, but no biggie.

11-09-2012, 02:29 AM	#19
jenrar Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: none	Thank you! I'll try that.

11-26-2012, 04:32 AM	#20
Crewmom Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Nook Tablet	Jenrar, I think what you are having problems with may be the difference between "title" and "title_sort" fields. I don't have a Kindle, but when I send a book to iTunes, it sends both the "title" and "title_sort" to iTunes "name" and "sort_name" fields, respectively. To do as you are requesting, I had to specifiy that Calibre send the "title" as the "title_sort" by using the Metadata Plugboard. I would think you could do the same on the Kindle. Hope this helps.

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