Author format in Send to Kindle

BeeTee-Ess · 10-15-2013, 10:08 PM

When I drag'n'drop a book from Calibre to Send to Kindle, the author's name is formatted as: firstname lastname, eg Bill Smith.

However, I prefer to have my books listed on my Kindle with their author's names formatted as: lastname, firstname, eg Smith, Bill.

I have found that I can achieve this by using the Calibre Save to Disk in a Single Directory function, and then using drag'n'drop from that directory to Send to Kindle.

Is there a Calibre option I can use so that drag'n'drop direct from Calibre to Send to Kindle will result in my preferred lastname, firstname format?

Sabardeyn · 10-15-2013, 10:58 PM

I'm not sure it applies to drag & drop, but the only thing I can think of is to create a custom plugboard to provide an filename ouput scheme like you want. I cannot advise further since I have never used plugboards.

Here's a link to the manual:http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/temp...and-plugboards

BeeTee-Ess · 10-16-2013, 06:49 PM

Thanks Sabardeyn...

I'll see what I can do.

10-15-2013, 10:08 PM	#1
BeeTee-Ess Addict Posts: 306 Karma: 679580 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: K3, K4NT, KPW2, Voyage, iP4, iP6, iPad Mini, HP TouchPad, Kobo Mini	Author format in Send to Kindle When I drag'n'drop a book from Calibre to Send to Kindle, the author's name is formatted as: firstname lastname, eg Bill Smith. However, I prefer to have my books listed on my Kindle with their author's names formatted as: lastname, firstname, eg Smith, Bill. I have found that I can achieve this by using the Calibre Save to Disk in a Single Directory function, and then using drag'n'drop from that directory to Send to Kindle. Is there a Calibre option I can use so that drag'n'drop direct from Calibre to Send to Kindle will result in my preferred lastname, firstname format?

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10-15-2013, 10:58 PM	#2
Sabardeyn Guru Posts: 644 Karma: 1242364 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Right Coast Device: PC (Calibre), Nexus 7 2013 (Moon+ Pro), HTC HD2/Leo (Freda)	I'm not sure it applies to drag & drop, but the only thing I can think of is to create a custom plugboard to provide an filename ouput scheme like you want. I cannot advise further since I have never used plugboards. Here's a link to the manual:http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/temp...and-plugboards

10-16-2013, 06:49 PM	#3
BeeTee-Ess Addict Posts: 306 Karma: 679580 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: K3, K4NT, KPW2, Voyage, iP4, iP6, iPad Mini, HP TouchPad, Kobo Mini	Thanks Sabardeyn... I'll see what I can do.

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