Apple Books sort by author's last name!!

Again, with Catalina, there is no way to sort the authors by the last name (the way any library sorts their books!!). Does anyone have a solution to this problem?

Thank you.

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 17, 2020 10:06 AM

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2 replies

Bomiboll

Level 1

78 points

Nov 30, 2020 8:29 PM in response to gayleen7

On the Side_Bar you see Authors. Is that not working?

Using the column "author" does not sort alphabetically in my Apple Book so I use the Side_Bar category

I use just the last name, nothing more. F ex Trump, and not Donald Trump

gayleen7 Author

Level 1

22 points

Dec 1, 2020 7:06 AM in response to Bomiboll

When I look at the Authors' sidebar I see the list of all my authors, but as I previously indicated, they are all sorted by 'first name' rather than the last name (as any library does!). Is there any way (i.e. in preferences?) to have this list by LAST NAME? I find this very frustrating!!

Thank you.

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