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I wouldn't consider a device without folder ability. I was horrified when I learned the Kindle/Sony devices didn't support them. Especially since they are Linux devices. My central library lives on a Linux media server with all content stored in folders organized by genre/author. My readers (Linux-based Nokia N800 and Nokia 770) are backed up via rsync with each device having a mirror of the central lib on it's storage card. |
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So I can neatly store books in directories by author (where I have more than a couple by an author, I do) and the Kindle will see them all -- BUT it doesn't show that categorization in the index. Bummer...... |
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Does simply having the SD card installed when you're reading a book that is in the Kindle cost you in battery life? Or do you mean actually "reading" a book that is sitting on the SD card? If so, then it would save the battery to move a book from SD into the Kindle before reading it, right?
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And they don't usually get final say in which features are implemented.
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What I've done to try and get around the folder problem is to have a few text files on my Kindle. One text file lists my series books, in order, by author so that I can easily locate the title of a particular series book. Another file lists by purchase date my "one-time, throwaway" books. Still another lists my non-fiction books. I use my PC to add notes to each entry such as date read and personal rating. I keep the files updated and reload them on my Kindle, overwriting the file on the Kindle, so that I have a fairly current filing system. I use the files to look up a title and then go to that title in content lister.
It was a bit of work but I was able to get most of my book information from Fictionwise in .csv format. Books I purchased from other sources were added by c&p. But I'd still rather have a folder structure that the Kindle can actually see. |
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MobiPocket reader has the idea of "reading lists". These shouldn't be too complicated for non-techies. Instant folders.
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