Content Series sort order

stuartjmz · 10-12-2018, 11:08 AM

It's 04:00 here, and I am too tired to think straight, apologies if I have missed the answer:

. I've copied 5 series over to my wife's 2nd gen Paperwhite from Calibre, a total of around 70 books. All have series order metadata showing in Calibre, but when I open the Paperwhite, they are not in any order at all - I can sort by author, and that's it. Do I have to manually rename all the books in each series with a leading number?

JimmyR · 10-12-2018, 11:23 AM

The Kindle doesn't use series metadata so that information needs to be in the title. See

Kindle and Calibre Plugboards

and

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=100949

HarryT · 10-12-2018, 11:45 AM

Yes, a metadata plugboard is the way to do it. Set it up so the title is prefixed by the series name and index, and then when you sort by author on the Kindle each series will be listed in order.

Tarana · 10-12-2018, 11:54 AM

Just make sure that you follow the step by step. I had it backwards so it was title first and then series and my brain couldn't figure it out for awhile.

HarryT · 10-12-2018, 12:23 PM

Exactly. What you want to end up with is something like:

Miss Marple 01 - The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple 02 - The Body in the Library

and so on.

stuartjmz · 10-12-2018, 03:54 PM

Thank you all SO MUCH - order has arisen from Chaos!

10-12-2018, 11:08 AM	#1
stuartjmz Nameless Being	Series sort order It's 04:00 here, and I am too tired to think straight, apologies if I have missed the answer: . I've copied 5 series over to my wife's 2nd gen Paperwhite from Calibre, a total of around 70 books. All have series order metadata showing in Calibre, but when I open the Paperwhite, they are not in any order at all - I can sort by author, and that's it. Do I have to manually rename all the books in each series with a leading number?

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10-12-2018, 11:23 AM	#2
JimmyR ɴₐɴ Posts: 421 Karma: 2507940 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: 37.2N 93.3W Device: KV PW4 PW3 PW2	The Kindle doesn't use series metadata so that information needs to be in the title. See Kindle and Calibre Plugboards and https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=100949

10-12-2018, 11:45 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Yes, a metadata plugboard is the way to do it. Set it up so the title is prefixed by the series name and index, and then when you sort by author on the Kindle each series will be listed in order.

10-12-2018, 11:54 AM	#4
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,977 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Just make sure that you follow the step by step. I had it backwards so it was title first and then series and my brain couldn't figure it out for awhile.

10-12-2018, 12:23 PM	#5
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Exactly. What you want to end up with is something like: Miss Marple 01 - The Murder at the Vicarage Miss Marple 02 - The Body in the Library and so on.

10-12-2018, 03:54 PM	#6
stuartjmz Nameless Being	Thank you all SO MUCH - order has arisen from Chaos!

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