Hello Everyone

Alex-B · 03-23-2018, 06:45 AM

An avid reader from a young age, I was recently given a lovely present of a Kindle Paper-white and from there, began to use Calibre to help with the handling of a fast-growing collection.

Have a wide range of interested topics from Western Fiction through Fantasy, Magic and Ghost stories. As long as it is written well and has a good storyline, I would probably give it a read.

Was also wondering if there is a way (to any Calibre users) of sorting the list of Authors on the left of the screen, in an alphabetical form as I haven't come across a way to do it yet.

Nice to be here and looking forward to exploring the various sections of the forum.

Allie.

PleasantKeming · 03-23-2018, 06:58 AM

Hi Allie! I am new to Mobileread too, so welcome!

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Was also wondering if there is a way (to any Calibre users) of sorting the list of Authors on the left of the screen, in an alphabetical form as I haven't come across a way to do it yet.

I am using Calibre 3.19 from an AppImage and it actually shows the authors on the left (in the collapsible list) sorted by the sort author metadata. Do you want to sort them by first name perhaps? You then would have to change the metadata of the books.

Alex-B · 03-23-2018, 07:14 AM

Thank you for the welcome PleasantKeming.

Not sure what you mean by changing the metadata... I have made a small adjustment to show the author <first-name,last-name> in the metadata screen, but my listing over on the left (where you have described) begins "Andy Adams", then "Wesley Allison", then I get "Anonymous" then "Rex Beach" follows that - I wondered if there was a way to have them listed in a kind of alphabetical order?

MickeyC · 03-23-2018, 09:25 AM

Hi Alex and welcome to MobileRead.

03-23-2018, 06:45 AM	#1
Alex-B Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Hello Everyone An avid reader from a young age, I was recently given a lovely present of a Kindle Paper-white and from there, began to use Calibre to help with the handling of a fast-growing collection. Have a wide range of interested topics from Western Fiction through Fantasy, Magic and Ghost stories. As long as it is written well and has a good storyline, I would probably give it a read. Was also wondering if there is a way (to any Calibre users) of sorting the list of Authors on the left of the screen, in an alphabetical form as I haven't come across a way to do it yet. Nice to be here and looking forward to exploring the various sections of the forum. Allie.

03-23-2018, 07:14 AM	#3
Alex-B Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thank you for the welcome PleasantKeming. Not sure what you mean by changing the metadata... I have made a small adjustment to show the author <first-name,last-name> in the metadata screen, but my listing over on the left (where you have described) begins "Andy Adams", then "Wesley Allison", then I get "Anonymous" then "Rex Beach" follows that - I wondered if there was a way to have them listed in a kind of alphabetical order?

03-23-2018, 09:25 AM	#4
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,732 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi Alex and welcome to MobileRead.

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