Author sort tweak on adding

Comfy.n · 08-28-2024, 08:07 AM

Hi,

I have the tweak author_sort_copy_method set to 'copy' which should copy author to author_sort without modification.

Now I noticed that upon adding some books from Standard Ebooks, I'm getting the author_sort set as LN, FN. So I need to select the books and correct that by running the Bulk Metadata edit function "Automatically set author sort".

Is this how it has always worked, or am I missing something? I think the 'copy' tweak used to work for newly added books, but I'm not sure.

theducks · 08-28-2024, 11:50 AM

Copy does whatever is in Authors in the books original metadata .
FWIW I use Quality Check Plugin: FIX: Swap Author... to flip whatever is in Authors (the sort follows the rule)

Comfy.n · 08-28-2024, 01:30 PM

Well, I took a look at this one, for example:

https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jo...re-and-conduct

It has

<dc:creator id="author">John Dewey</dc:creator>

So shouldn't 'copy' use that to fill in the author_sort?

On the other hand I see an extra property, perhaps Calibre is using this value to populate author_sort:

<meta property="file-as" refines="#author">Dewey, John</meta>

theducks · 08-28-2024, 03:47 PM

File as. I believe that is what Calibre uses:

That should be what you saw in the Authors column, thus what copy did

08-28-2024, 08:07 AM	#1
Comfy.n want to learn what I want Posts: 1,253 Karma: 6426810 Join Date: Sep 2020 Device: Calibre E-book viewer	Author sort tweak on adding Hi, I have the tweak author_sort_copy_method set to 'copy' which should copy author to author_sort without modification. Now I noticed that upon adding some books from Standard Ebooks, I'm getting the author_sort set as LN, FN. So I need to select the books and correct that by running the Bulk Metadata edit function "Automatically set author sort". Is this how it has always worked, or am I missing something? I think the 'copy' tweak used to work for newly added books, but I'm not sure. Last edited by Comfy.n; 08-28-2024 at 08:09 AM.

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08-28-2024, 11:50 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,442 Karma: 58055868 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Copy does whatever is in Authors in the books original metadata . FWIW I use Quality Check Plugin: FIX: Swap Author... to flip whatever is in Authors (the sort follows the rule)

08-28-2024, 01:30 PM	#3
Comfy.n want to learn what I want Posts: 1,253 Karma: 6426810 Join Date: Sep 2020 Device: Calibre E-book viewer	Well, I took a look at this one, for example: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jo...re-and-conduct It has <dc:creator id="author">John Dewey</dc:creator> So shouldn't 'copy' use that to fill in the author_sort? On the other hand I see an extra property, perhaps Calibre is using this value to populate author_sort: <meta property="file-as" refines="#author">Dewey, John</meta>

08-28-2024, 03:47 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,442 Karma: 58055868 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	File as. I believe that is what Calibre uses: That should be what you saw in the Authors column, thus what copy did

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