diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/prs505/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/prs505/driver.py
index 23f59e4737..6652d581d4 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/prs505/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/prs505/driver.py
@@ -58,9 +58,16 @@ class PRS505(USBMS):
     SUPPORTS_USE_AUTHOR_SORT = True
     EBOOK_DIR_MAIN = 'database/media/books'
 
+    ALL_BY_TITLE  = _('All by title')
+    ALL_BY_AUTHOR = _('All by author')
+
     EXTRA_CUSTOMIZATION_MESSAGE = _('Comma separated list of metadata fields '
             'to turn into collections on the device. Possibilities include: ')+\
-                    'series, tags, authors'
+                    'series, tags, authors' +\
+            _('. Two special collections are available: %s:%s and %s:%s. Add  '
+            'these values to the list to enable them. The collections will be '
+            'given the name provided after the ":" character.')%(
+                                    'abt', ALL_BY_TITLE, 'aba', ALL_BY_AUTHOR)
     EXTRA_CUSTOMIZATION_DEFAULT = ', '.join(['series', 'tags'])
 
     plugboard = None
@@ -151,7 +158,7 @@ class PRS505(USBMS):
                 blists[i] = booklists[i]
         opts = self.settings()
         if opts.extra_customization:
-            collections = [x.lower().strip() for x in
+            collections = [x.strip() for x in
                     opts.extra_customization.split(',')]
         else:
             collections = []
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py b/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
index f271329fc8..841f6bc346 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/prs505/sony_cache.py
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ class XMLCache(object):
                     newmi = book.deepcopy_metadata()
                     newmi.template_to_attribute(book, plugboard)
                     newmi.set('_new_book', getattr(book, '_new_book', False))
+                    book.set('_pb_title_sort',
+                             newmi.get('title_sort', newmi.get('title', None)))
+                    book.set('_pb_author_sort', newmi.get('author_sort', ''))
                 else:
                     newmi = book
                 (gtz_count, ltz_count, use_tz_var) = \
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/usbms/books.py b/src/calibre/devices/usbms/books.py
index 3372f5c8a5..a9c980c31b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/usbms/books.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/usbms/books.py
@@ -132,9 +132,24 @@ class CollectionsBookList(BookList):
         use_renaming_rules = prefs['manage_device_metadata'] == 'on_connect'
 
         collections = {}
-        # This map of sets is used to avoid linear searches when testing for
-        # book equality
+
+        # get the special collection names
+        all_by_author = ''
+        all_by_title = ''
+        ca = []
+        for c in collection_attributes:
+            if c.startswith('aba:') and c[4:]:
+                all_by_author = c[4:]
+            elif c.startswith('abt:') and c[4:]:
+                all_by_title = c[4:]
+            else:
+                ca.append(c.lower())
+        collection_attributes = ca
+
         for book in self:
+            tsval = book.get('_pb_title_sort',
+                             book.get('title_sort', book.get('title', 'zzzz')))
+            asval = book.get('_pb_author_sort', book.get('author_sort', ''))
             # Make sure we can identify this book via the lpath
             lpath = getattr(book, 'lpath', None)
             if lpath is None:
@@ -211,22 +226,29 @@ class CollectionsBookList(BookList):
                         collections[cat_name] = {}
                     if use_renaming_rules and sort_attr:
                         sort_val = book.get(sort_attr, None)
-                        collections[cat_name][lpath] = \
-                                (book, sort_val, book.get('title_sort', 'zzzz'))
+                        collections[cat_name][lpath] = (book, sort_val, tsval)
                     elif is_series:
                         if doing_dc:
                             collections[cat_name][lpath] = \
-                                (book, book.get('series_index', sys.maxint),
-                                 book.get('title_sort', 'zzzz'))
+                                (book, book.get('series_index', sys.maxint), tsval)
                         else:
                             collections[cat_name][lpath] = \
-                                (book, book.get(attr+'_index', sys.maxint),
-                                 book.get('title_sort', 'zzzz'))
+                                (book, book.get(attr+'_index', sys.maxint), tsval)
                     else:
                         if lpath not in collections[cat_name]:
-                            collections[cat_name][lpath] = \
-                                (book, book.get('title_sort', 'zzzz'),
-                                 book.get('title_sort', 'zzzz'))
+                            collections[cat_name][lpath] = (book, tsval, tsval)
+
+            # All books by author
+            if all_by_author:
+                if all_by_author not in collections:
+                    collections[all_by_author] = {}
+                collections[all_by_author][lpath] = (book, asval, tsval)
+            # All books by title
+            if all_by_title:
+                if all_by_title not in collections:
+                    collections[all_by_title] = {}
+                collections[all_by_title][lpath] = (book, tsval, asval)
+
         # Sort collections
         result = {}