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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
(5,528 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
(3,390 posts)I read A LOT, and I read many series. Thus the ire ...
Cartoonist
(7,319 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
(3,390 posts)Sort by decimals of Pi.
Ohiogal
(32,015 posts)And agree 100%
FakeNoose
(32,659 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
(3,390 posts)Publication date is often not synonymous with series order, especially given editions, versions, format, etc.
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,799 posts)All that is needed is Book 1, Book 2, etc., after the title.
MuseRider
(34,112 posts)I have no idea why even some of the library audio sites do not give you that info.
demigoddess
(6,641 posts)but they mistreat their long time readers and intelligent people,