02-24-2011, 06:52 PM | #46 |
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author sort issue
just got my kindle and got calibre too. transferred some books to the kindle before i realized that the kindle was doing the authors sort based on first name.
so i went back to calibre and changed the authors names to the way i want them i.e. ln,fn. what do i do now? can i hook up my kindle and change the authors names info via calibre without having to transfer all of the books again? (just the authors name data) hope i have made sense of this, still pretty new to the software and kindle. thanks |
03-02-2011, 06:18 AM | #47 |
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is it possible to sort mess of authors ?
i need advice if possible.
i have authors with the Calibre library - books added already - a lot - as - example - Isaac Asimov and Asimov Isaac and Asimov, Isaac otherwords "FN LN" and "LN FB" and "LN, FN" in the same library. i would like to change all authors as Asimov, Isaac = LN, FN is it possible RegEx or other way to change authors which are "FN LN" and "LN FN" to "LN, FN" ? i thinking it would be possible by edit metadata in bulk -> search and replace -> but i can't create RegEx cause i can't understand how to avoid space in case "LN, FN" existed. Thank you. |
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03-02-2011, 06:38 AM | #48 |
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Just do two s&r passes.
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03-02-2011, 10:56 AM | #49 |
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thanks !
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03-02-2011, 12:36 PM | #50 |
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I'm trying (for a while) to get the LF, FN in both fields (Author(s) and Author sort). Until now I've used the copy invert method (the standard) and after adding a book I copied manually the correct author_sort (LF, FN) to the field Author(s).
The discussion above inspired me to try it again: I've changed the method to 'copy', but it doesn't seem te have any effect (I restarted Calibre). An example: My author(s) name is Child, Lee. When I press the button right below the author(s) the field Author sort shows Lee, Child, (including the comma at the end) and turns green? If I change the tweak to 'invert' exactly the same happens. What am I doing wrong? By the way: "There is a button in the manage_authors dialog box" ... Ik can't find this box (I right clicked every possible item)? Is it part of the 'edit metadata bulk' (I see a checkbox there for the author sort field)? |
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03-04-2011, 12:32 PM | #53 |
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Thanxs for your reactions! I finally found the Tag browser. It just was turned of ...
I'm going to do the trick! |
03-26-2011, 02:30 AM | #54 |
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Kiwidude, I found this thread & fixed the author sort to copy as per your 12-01-10 post. Thought I was home free until I read about tweaking each author under Manage Authors in the tag viewer. Fortunately I saw the Recalculate all author sort values before I had even read down to chaley's post & that cleaned it up beautifully. Since I got the author the way I want in the author name, I don't have to worry about things like MD or Jr at the end being misconstrued as the last name. Thanks for all your help today.
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03-26-2011, 06:09 AM | #55 |
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@acklebj - brilliant, glad you got it sorted.
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