Calibre 8.16.2 Sort by Author

mitch13 · 12-23-2025, 01:56 AM

In my Calibre, when I sort by Author, it is picking up other author with no connection to the author requested. Is it some problem in my Calibre or a Calibre wide problem?

Sirtel · 12-23-2025, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitch13

In my Calibre, when I sort by Author, it is picking up other author with no connection to the author requested. Is it some problem in my Calibre or a Calibre wide problem?

A problem in your metadata, probably. Take a look at your author sort field in the book metadata.

theducks · 12-23-2025, 11:02 AM

Sometimes the field has subtle errors that make it treated as 2 different Authors.

The Quality Check Plugin has tools to find and fix most of these type issues.
BTW one of the checks that you should run is 'Check Author Sort'.
If you had changed the Sort rule, Calibre does NOT go and change older entries, only applies the rule to new content.

Other 'errors' are publisher caused

Same Author, but with /without initials, spacing or punctuation,
Then there is: Joe and Mary Smith. You need to fix those by hand

mitch13 · Today, 09:44 AM

I have just had to recover and update to Calibre's latest version. I do not have a "Quality Check Plugin". When I search for it in plugins it tells me there is not one. When I look at uninstalled plugins one appears but will not load. It comes with:;

calibre, version 9.8.0
ERROR: Install plugin failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 897, in _install_clicked
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 586, in add_plugin
File "shutil.py", line 315, in copyfile
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'E:\\Calibre Portable\\Calibre Settings\\plugins\\Quality Check.zip'

mitch13

JSWolf · Today, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitch13

I have just had to recover and update to Calibre's latest version. I do not have a "Quality Check Plugin". When I search for it in plugins it tells me there is not one. When I look at uninstalled plugins one appears but will not load. It comes with:;

calibre, version 9.8.0
ERROR: Install plugin failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 897, in _install_clicked
File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 586, in add_plugin
File "shutil.py", line 315, in copyfile
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'E:\\Calibre Portable\\Calibre Settings\\plugins\\Quality Check.zip'

mitch13

What is E:? Is it a local drive? Do you have it being backed up to some other server on the net?

theducks · Today, 10:01 AM

Defender may be blocking it.
I just started Portable 9.8 and had Defender do 2 'Allow?' notifications.
Were you on a Public network?

12-23-2025, 01:56 AM	#1
mitch13 Addict Posts: 206 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: Appraising the market	Calibre 8.16.2 Sort by Author In my Calibre, when I sort by Author, it is picking up other author with no connection to the author requested. Is it some problem in my Calibre or a Calibre wide problem?

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12-23-2025, 11:02 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,776 Karma: 64144480 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Sometimes the field has subtle errors that make it treated as 2 different Authors. The Quality Check Plugin has tools to find and fix most of these type issues. BTW one of the checks that you should run is 'Check Author Sort'. If you had changed the Sort rule, Calibre does NOT go and change older entries, only applies the rule to new content. Other 'errors' are publisher caused Same Author, but with /without initials, spacing or punctuation, Then there is: Joe and Mary Smith. You need to fix those by hand

Today, 09:44 AM	#4
mitch13 Addict Posts: 206 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Device: Appraising the market	I have just had to recover and update to Calibre's latest version. I do not have a "Quality Check Plugin". When I search for it in plugins it tells me there is not one. When I look at uninstalled plugins one appears but will not load. It comes with:; calibre, version 9.8.0 ERROR: Install plugin failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart calibre. Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 897, in _install_clicked File "calibre\customize\ui.py", line 586, in add_plugin File "shutil.py", line 315, in copyfile PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'E:\\Calibre Portable\\Calibre Settings\\plugins\\Quality Check.zip' mitch13

Today, 10:01 AM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,776 Karma: 64144480 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Defender may be blocking it. I just started Portable 9.8 and had Defender do 2 'Allow?' notifications. Were you on a Public network?

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