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FakeNoose

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6. Isn't sorting by the date of publication enough?

Reply to LearnedHand (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2019, 12:21 PM

May 2019

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.

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Sort by freaking SERIES ORDER! [View all] LearnedHand May 2019 OP

I concur genxlib May 2019 #1

Oh yeah that was pretty high frustration wasn't it? LearnedHand May 2019 #2

Even the publishers don't get it Cartoonist May 2019 #3

Heh. Maybe your sigline is the clue LearnedHand May 2019 #4

I hear ya Ohiogal May 2019 #5

Isn't sorting by the date of publication enough? FakeNoose May 2019 #6

Not exactly, but I try anyway LearnedHand May 2019 #7

100 percent agree. Polly Hennessey May 2019 #9

Me too! MuseRider May 2019 #10

I concur. I think they do this on purpose to appeal to people new to the series. demigoddess May 2019 #11