Sort by freaking SERIES ORDER!

[LearnedHand]

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. D’oh.

[genxlib]

1. I concur

This seems like a no brainer to me as well. It isn’t high on my list if pet peeves but it is annoying.

[LearnedHand]

2. Oh yeah that was pretty high frustration wasn't it?

I read A LOT, and I read many series. Thus the ire ...

[Cartoonist]

3. Even the publishers don't get it

I'll come across a book that is part of a series. Sometimes there will be no clue as to where this fits.

[LearnedHand]

4. Heh. Maybe your sigline is the clue

Sort by decimals of Pi.

[Ohiogal]

5. I hear ya

And agree 100%

[FakeNoose]

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

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]

7. Not exactly, but I try anyway

Publication date is often not synonymous with series order, especially given editions, versions, format, etc.

[hedda_foil]

8. Copyright date.

[Polly Hennessey]

9. 100 percent agree.

All that is needed is Book 1, Book 2, etc., after the title.

[MuseRider]

10. Me too!

I have no idea why even some of the library audio sites do not give you that info.

[demigoddess]

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

but they mistreat their long time readers and intelligent people,