08-31-2020, 09:57 PM | #1 |
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Noob Question about sorting by Author
I am sure this question has been asked, but for the life of me, I can not find the answer I am looking for. What I think I want is a custom column that allows me to sort by the author's first name. I really do not want to change how Calibre normally works (i.e. templets). Like the old saying, I don't know what I don't know. I might not be even asking the correct question to get what I want.
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09-01-2020, 05:21 AM | #2 |
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I think you need TAG like column because there could be more than 1 Author.
Then I would use the BULK mode Search and Replace of the Metadata Edit to populate. As you can see, this is a HIGH MAINTENANCE method (meaning you need to do this every time new books are added. My question: Why the: 'sort'? Just search Authors: Jim, if that is the first name (or fragment) you want. (I never needed this feature, since I am not on a First name basis with any Author ) |
09-01-2020, 06:49 AM | #3 |
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If you add a custom column with the template "{author}", it will sort as the string without the special name handling. But, for books with multiple authors it will be sorting on the first name of the first author.
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09-01-2020, 08:31 AM | #4 |
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Thanks for the quick response. Looks like I didn't explain very well. I am in the process of adding my collection to Calibre. The books are sorted in subdirectories based on author's first name. Often I don't remember which was the last to be added. So if I do a sort based on first name, it will be easier to know where I left off. Once I get get the slug of books in, this custom sort column will be deleted.
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09-01-2020, 10:01 AM | #5 |
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You can use the built in column to show when a book was added to Calibre. Then, just sort based on that column and you'll quickly see which books were most recently added. No need to worry about sorting by author.
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Assumes a 'root folder' to your first name I ran the following from a command prompt Code:
C:\Users\thedu>dir C:\Users\BigHD\Public2\MainLib > foo.lst
Simply print the file: and scratch thru the ones done. Dir /S will list all child files (dir /? lists all the switches you can use) |
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09-01-2020, 12:40 PM | #7 |
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I was referring to when I added them to Calibre. I didn't realize that the date was more than just the day since the column only shows the day. Since I could put 50 books a day in, I thought just having the day entered would not help. But sorting on this column was exactly what I was looking for since the stored information is more than what is displayed. Thank you for everyone help.
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but the tweaks body says # Control how dates are displayed |
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09-01-2020, 01:35 PM | #9 |
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I am probably reading the question wrong, as i see some really complicated answers, but if you want it permanent, what I did was go into setting author sort and just copy and paste jim butcher to the author sort collum. Bit of a bugger if you have lots of authors already. Just need to check meta data when adding new books.
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