06-09-2011, 12:59 PM | #1 |
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Won't group author/series together
HI Folks
Okay, I've done my due diligence and searched for problems like this; similar, sort of, but not exact match. Also, many problems of this nature are being caused by carelessness in the metadata area. I've got none of these. I've triple-checked all relevant metadata for typos, extra spaces, anything different between entries, and come up blank. I have several series and authors (His Dark Materials triogy, by Randolph LaLonde; Projekt Saucer series by W.A. Harbinson; the "Wayfarer" series by Dennis Schmidt) as well as others, that do not list sequentially. No apparent rhyme or reason; one is correctly listed alphabetically by author, but the others are listed below that (and not always together; sometimes a pair, then another below that pair). In short, they're kinda all over the place. The majority of listings display correctly; it's just these random few that are confusing things. Also, some books that are not part of a series, but are by the same author, are not grouped in with the author (all Richard K. Morgan listed together, except for one lone flier.) Is there any way to ENFORCE a listing order, to keep series and/or authors grouped together? I'm entirely baffled as to what little detail I may be overlooking, and it's making me nuts. (My Kindle is the same way, the title listings are just abysmal, differing formats all over the place... *not* ready for prime time!) Thanks in advance! Karl |
06-09-2011, 02:25 PM | #2 |
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Yes. These are my Tweaks to enforce this.
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title_series_sorting = 'strictly_alphabetic' save_template_title_series_sorting = 'strictly_alphabetic' Second. Do you understand that sorting can be 'strictly_alphabetic' or library sort order, where leading articles like "the" and "A" are ignored? You can set what words are ignored with the Tweak settings. |
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06-10-2011, 02:44 PM | #3 |
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Hi Starson17
No, I most certainly did NOT realize these things; my experience with Calibre is fairly limited, having had it for only a couple of weeks now. I've got it populated, and backfilled in a lot of metadata and cover art, converted some formats to mobi (seems to be the best-behaved on my Kindle), but that's about it. I just last night found out about some plug-ins (didn't know they were even available), and so just last night "opened the hood," so to speak. I can follow the code well enough; where does one input these tweaks? I guess what I should be asking for is a good (but not too heavy) source of info, like a wiki, for Calibre. I do a lot better with printed manuals, for technical stuff, than online or onscreen, for some reason. Probably comes with being nearly 60. Again, thanks for the info; I'll be banging around down in the boiler-room, seeing what's in there and hauling my tired keister up the learning curve. |
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06-10-2011, 03:23 PM | #6 |
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That explains it. I wasn't sure. We all start somewhere. You've been pointed to the tweaks. You need to look closely at the metadata editor screen to see if you've got problems with your title_sort and author_sort fields. Changing the tweaks affects future entries, not the past (although sorting is affected, field entries are not). If the data in the author and author_sort match according to the present tweak, the sort field will turn green.
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When I first got this program, it took me 2 hours of messing about just to get the Authors to sort Alphabetically by first FN-LN, but looking back, the options you have are great even if there a little complicated at first.
One thing I hate is looking down a list of Authors, by LN-FN and trying to find the one I want, I know some like it that way, and its some sort of convention to sort names by last name, but meh, if I'm looking for Charles, I don't want to have to scan to the left and way down in the Stross's Edit: - Quote:
Randolph Lalonde - That'll be those Spinward Fringe books His Dark Materials - That is most defiantly Philip Pullman I think my Due Diligence and triple checking is just more..... er diligent =P Last edited by transmitthis; 06-10-2011 at 08:07 PM. Reason: There was someone wrong on the internet |
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06-21-2011, 07:15 PM | #8 |
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Funny how data tends to get transposed in direct proportion to the frustration level of the typer, ain't it?
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06-22-2011, 12:52 AM | #9 |
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The quality check plugin might help you a lot. it will find title_sort and author_sort mismatches quickly
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