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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSort by freaking SERIES ORDER!
Prolly belongs in Reading forum, but I wanted to gripe to the largest possible audience. Why, after 24 years of online ordering/borrowing, has no STABLE CODING GENIUS ever thought to include a Sort by Series Order option? Every time I purchase or borrow a book in a series, I have to open a separate WikiPedia page about the series so I know which one comes next. HOW FREAKING HARD CAN IT BE???
Edit: I mean books of course, not TV series. Doh.
genxlib
(5,524 posts)This seems like a no brainer to me as well. It isnt high on my list if pet peeves but it is annoying.
LearnedHand
(3,387 posts)I read A LOT, and I read many series. Thus the ire ...
Cartoonist
(7,316 posts)I'll come across a book that is part of a series. Sometimes there will be no clue as to where this fits.
LearnedHand
(3,387 posts)Sort by decimals of Pi.
Ohiogal
(31,980 posts)And agree 100%
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)If the title, author and date of publication are the only info given, doesn't the year tell you what order the books were published? That's how I usually sort them anyway.
If you use Calibre for managing ebooks and viewing/converting ebooks - then Calibre does have a sort-by-series-order option. However the user may have to enter the series info him(her)self because it may not be included in the metadata.
LearnedHand
(3,387 posts)Publication date is often not synonymous with series order, especially given editions, versions, format, etc.
hedda_foil
(16,373 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,794 posts)All that is needed is Book 1, Book 2, etc., after the title.
MuseRider
(34,105 posts)I have no idea why even some of the library audio sites do not give you that info.
demigoddess
(6,640 posts)but they mistreat their long time readers and intelligent people,