Saving to Disk (Resort) Question

penguinaka · 05-01-2011, 10:20 PM

Currently When I view the Library It's First Name Last Name

when I save to disk it saves as:

Edgar Rice Burroughs/Edgar Rice Burroughs - Barsoom 1 - Warlord of Mars.mobi

I want it to save like this:

Burroughs, Edgar Rice/Burroughs, Edgar Rice - Barsoom 1 - Warlord of Mars.mobi

what must i do?

theducks · 05-01-2011, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by penguinaka

Currently When I view the Library It's First Name Last Name

when I save to disk it saves as:

Edgar Rice Burroughs/Edgar Rice Burroughs - Barsoom 1 - Warlord of Mars.mobi

I want it to save like this:

Burroughs, Edgar Rice/Burroughs, Edgar Rice - Barsoom 1 - Warlord of Mars.mobi

what must i do?

use {author_sort} instead of {authors}
Note commas are illegal in some file systems and will be corrected by the 'save' to maintain compatibility.
Also Alpha sorts as you have shown will mess up you plan at the 10th book in the series.

Leading 0. Always for single digits (see template tips)

kiwidude · 05-01-2011, 10:26 PM

Preferences->Saving books to disk - make sure your sort template has {author_sort} rather than {authors}

theducks · 05-01-2011, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwidude

Preferences->Saving books to disk - make sure your sort template has {author_sort} rather than {authors}

beat you

penguinaka · 05-02-2011, 01:46 AM

I went into prefrences/save books to disk

i changed it from {authors}/{authors} - {series} {series_index} - {title}
to {author_sort}/{author_sort} - {series} {series_index} - {title}
it still spit out fistname lastname / firstname lastname - series 1 - title.mobi

i then changed it to {author_sort}/{authors} - {series} {series_index} - {title}
still the same thing.

I also restarted the program afterwards each time as well... still no change...?!

DoctorOhh · 05-02-2011, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by penguinaka

I went into prefrences/save books to disk

i changed it from {authors}/{authors} - {series} {series_index} - {title}
to {author_sort}/{author_sort} - {series} {series_index} - {title}
it still spit out fistname lastname / firstname lastname - series 1 - title.mobi

Author_sort by default is the opposite of the author field. If the author field is FN LN then author_sort should be LN, FN. Go to the bottom of the tag browser and select manage authors and see how your author field relates to your author_sort field.

penguinaka · 05-02-2011, 02:37 AM

i see..the field wasn't set at manage authors... thanks! that was a big help. cheer!

05-01-2011, 10:20 PM	#1
penguinaka Quack! Quack! Posts: 92 Karma: 9176 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Florida Device: kindle 3 & sony daily prs950sc	Saving to Disk (Resort) Question Currently When I view the Library It's First Name Last Name when I save to disk it saves as: Edgar Rice Burroughs/Edgar Rice Burroughs - Barsoom 1 - Warlord of Mars.mobi I want it to save like this: Burroughs, Edgar Rice/Burroughs, Edgar Rice - Barsoom 1 - Warlord of Mars.mobi what must i do?

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05-01-2011, 10:26 PM	#3
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,735 Karma: 2208556 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	Preferences->Saving books to disk - make sure your sort template has {author_sort} rather than {authors}

05-02-2011, 01:46 AM	#5
penguinaka Quack! Quack! Posts: 92 Karma: 9176 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Florida Device: kindle 3 & sony daily prs950sc	I went into prefrences/save books to disk i changed it from {authors}/{authors} - {series} {series_index} - {title} to {author_sort}/{author_sort} - {series} {series_index} - {title} it still spit out fistname lastname / firstname lastname - series 1 - title.mobi i then changed it to {author_sort}/{authors} - {series} {series_index} - {title} still the same thing. I also restarted the program afterwards each time as well... still no change...?!

05-02-2011, 02:37 AM	#7
penguinaka Quack! Quack! Posts: 92 Karma: 9176 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Florida Device: kindle 3 & sony daily prs950sc	i see..the field wasn't set at manage authors... thanks! that was a big help. cheer!

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