The question was posed last night at the WAMUG meeting about sorting Author names in the list of ePub books in iTunes, according to the author's surname, showing the surname first. There is a way to do this. In order to help the following make sense, first view your books in List View, then choose a book (any book) and press cmd-I (Get Info). Click on the "Sorting" tab. Note that the Sorting screen is not really designed to cater for eBooks, so that the Author is listed as the Artist. Nonetheless, it's the Artist field which contains the Author's name. Note also that there is a "Sort Artist" field which shows the Author's name, displayed with the Surname first.
So, to get this to display the way you want it in iTunes 1. Go to View > View Options... 2. Click the check box next to "Sort Artist", and if you prefer, click on the Author checkbox to hide it. Now when you look at your books list, you will see the Authors listed by surname first. Unfortunately, this only works in the list views (including CoverView). The View Options... Menu Item is not available in Icon View. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
