Forma How can I get my Kobo to correctly fille/sort a surname with spaces?

droopy · 09-11-2019, 01:42 PM

I have an author whose surname contains spaces. For example, Bob Van Der Wall. The author's first name is Bob. His surname is Van Der Wall. In my Kobo, it would be incorrectly filed under Wall. How can I get my Kobo Forma to understand that Bob Van Der Wall should be filed under

Code:

Van

and not

Code:

Wall

.

JSWolf · 09-11-2019, 02:51 PM

You can't. There's no way to know what's part of the last name and what's not. You could use underscores for the last name and then it would sort as you want.

droopy · 09-11-2019, 03:05 PM

Thanks jswolf for the suggestion.

I could try underscores.

Am I correct to think that I can't edit author's name directly on my Kobo, and that I need to do it in Calibre?

Speaking about Calibre, Calibre is smarter... you can tell Calibre how to sort names. In other words, you can tell it what the beginning of the surname is, without having to resort to underscores.

davidfor · 09-11-2019, 08:15 PM

@droopy: Please do some searching in the forum. Just about anything you have asked recently has been discussed with one or more solutions. And this one is basically the same as your question in the calibre forum about names with "St.". And my suggestion there was to use a non-breaking space.

09-11-2019, 01:42 PM	#1
droopy Guru Posts: 833 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	How can I get my Kobo to correctly fille/sort a surname with spaces? I have an author whose surname contains spaces. For example, Bob Van Der Wall. The author's first name is Bob. His surname is Van Der Wall. In my Kobo, it would be incorrectly filed under Wall. How can I get my Kobo Forma to understand that Bob Van Der Wall should be filed under Code: Van and not Code: Wall .

09-11-2019, 03:05 PM	#3
droopy Guru Posts: 833 Karma: 2912460 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	Thanks jswolf for the suggestion. I could try underscores. Am I correct to think that I can't edit author's name directly on my Kobo, and that I need to do it in Calibre? Speaking about Calibre, Calibre is smarter... you can tell Calibre how to sort names. In other words, you can tell it what the beginning of the surname is, without having to resort to underscores. Last edited by droopy; 09-11-2019 at 07:06 PM.

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09-11-2019, 02:51 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,970 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You can't. There's no way to know what's part of the last name and what's not. You could use underscores for the last name and then it would sort as you want.

09-11-2019, 08:15 PM	#4
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	@droopy: Please do some searching in the forum. Just about anything you have asked recently has been discussed with one or more solutions. And this one is basically the same as your question in the calibre forum about names with "St.". And my suggestion there was to use a non-breaking space.

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