Many Series are Out of Sequence in the Drawer

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by chaley

I think I can explain this now. If the series is already in CC's database then when setting up grouping for a book, CC will use the series_sort that is already in the database instead of the one coming with the book. Because of this, the only way to correct the series misplacement in the grouping drawer is to delete all the books in that series then resend them. At least, I think that will do it.

I'll give it a try on a series later today.

Originally Posted by chaley

Of course, if it works then we are left with the question about how the error got there in the first place. Still working on that.

That is the question.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by chaley

Because of this, the only way to correct the series misplacement in the grouping drawer is to delete all the books in that series then resend them. At least, I think that will do it.

You were correct. I deleted a series from CC (via CC) then I connected and sent the series back to my device and this series is now in its proper series sort position.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by DoctorOhh

You were correct. I deleted a series from CC (via CC) then I connected and sent the series back to my device and this series is now in its proper series sort position.

Good, at least that part of the scenario is understood.

As for how it got that way, from what I see one of two things must have happened sometime in the past:

1) A book was found by the "scan for new books" process. This seems not to be the case for you.

2) The first book of a series was sent while the language tweaks were in a not-right state. From then on, all the books for that series would be sorted incorrectly, even after the tweak was fixed. Given how often you experiment with things while helping people, this could be true.

Of course, it could still be something else. The additional debugging I have added to CC and calibre will help if it happens again.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by chaley

2) The first book of a series was sent while the language tweaks were in a not-right state. From then on, all the books for that series would be sorted incorrectly, even after the tweak was fixed. Given how often you experiment with things while helping people, this could be true.

FYI, it seems that about 95% of the 10300 books were sent to the device on August 13th 2013, including the series in which I first noticed the problem.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by DoctorOhh

FYI, it seems that about 95% of the 10300 books were sent to the device on August 13th 2013, including the series in which I first noticed the problem.

I don't see anything around that date that could account for the problem. Thanks for the info.