Subcollections

Geekette70 · 12-19-2010, 03:49 PM

Hi all,

I've spent the morning reading old posts and don't see anything about the ability to build subcollections (Collections under Collections) by using a hack or other method. While using Plugboards for a series via Calibre is awesome, this would be the ideal solution to managing a lot of books within the same category.

Ideally I'm looking to do something like this:

Fiction --> Fantasy
Fiction --> Fantasy --> JRR Tolkien
Fiction --> Fantasy --> Robert Jordan
Fiction --> Fantasy --> JK Rowling
Fiction --> Crime/Mystery/Thrillers
Fiction --> Crime/Mystery/Thrillers --> Stieg Larsson
Fiction --> Crime/Mystery/Thrillers --> James Patterson
Fiction --> Law and Politics
Fiction --> Law and Politics --> John Grisholm
Fiction --> SciFi
NonFiction --> Political
NonFiction --> Science
NonFiction --> Biographies
NonFiction --> Humor/Satire

Does anyone know of a way to do this? If not, how do you manage your libary, for those of you who have a lot of books?

Thanks!

rcuadro · 12-19-2010, 04:23 PM

I dont organize past author, title, and series. I tried but it just became more and more frustrating

Jack Tingle · 12-19-2010, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geekette70

Does anyone know of a way to do this?.

No. (For most values of anyone.)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geekette70

If not, how do you manage your libary, for those of you who have a lot of books?

Not on the Kindle, which is a reading device, not an organizing device. That's just the way Amazon designed it. I organize my library on my laptop, if I feel the need to organize it at all. I tend to file off by year, and sometimes quarter. That's more for archival storage, though.

Regards,
Jack Tingle

brewjono · 12-19-2010, 04:46 PM

Your right in that there is no current way to to create subcollections. This was not the way the Kindle was designed.

One of the bigggest mind shifts you have to make is that collections are not folders. Your books aren't actually physically located within these collections, you just "point" them to the collection.

As a result you can have the 1 book physically on your Kindle once but "pointed" to 5 different collections.

That being said I have used a plugboard to rename my books with the series name and the author by Initial Surname.

I don't sort my books within genre.

I have about 700 books in the K3 with about 10,000 in Calibre.

Brewjono

martinhinsch · 12-19-2010, 05:06 PM

There are programs and scripts which can convert a folder structure on the kindle into a set of collections. Although better than nothing it's still far from a perfect solution since of course all collections + subcollections end up cluttering your home screen.
What we (I at least) really need is subcollections or, as an alternative, the ability to have links to books in text/mobi/pdf files.

desertblues · 12-19-2010, 06:01 PM

This thread might help.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...37#post1237437

daffy4u · 12-19-2010, 06:36 PM

There are 4 programs or hacks for collections (that I know of). Two are supposed to work with Calibre. You can find links to them here.

12-19-2010, 03:49 PM	#1
Geekette70 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Irving, TX Device: 2 Kindle 3 WiFi's and a Nook WiFi	Subcollections Hi all, I've spent the morning reading old posts and don't see anything about the ability to build subcollections (Collections under Collections) by using a hack or other method. While using Plugboards for a series via Calibre is awesome, this would be the ideal solution to managing a lot of books within the same category. Ideally I'm looking to do something like this: Fiction --> Fantasy Fiction --> Fantasy --> JRR Tolkien Fiction --> Fantasy --> Robert Jordan Fiction --> Fantasy --> JK Rowling Fiction --> Crime/Mystery/Thrillers Fiction --> Crime/Mystery/Thrillers --> Stieg Larsson Fiction --> Crime/Mystery/Thrillers --> James Patterson Fiction --> Law and Politics Fiction --> Law and Politics --> John Grisholm Fiction --> SciFi NonFiction --> Political NonFiction --> Science NonFiction --> Biographies NonFiction --> Humor/Satire Does anyone know of a way to do this? If not, how do you manage your libary, for those of you who have a lot of books? Thanks!

12-19-2010, 04:23 PM	#2
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	I dont organize past author, title, and series. I tried but it just became more and more frustrating

12-19-2010, 04:46 PM	#4
brewjono Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 501816 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Device: K3, K4, KPW	Your right in that there is no current way to to create subcollections. This was not the way the Kindle was designed. One of the bigggest mind shifts you have to make is that collections are not folders. Your books aren't actually physically located within these collections, you just "point" them to the collection. As a result you can have the 1 book physically on your Kindle once but "pointed" to 5 different collections. That being said I have used a plugboard to rename my books with the series name and the author by Initial Surname. I don't sort my books within genre. I have about 700 books in the K3 with about 10,000 in Calibre. Brewjono

12-19-2010, 05:06 PM	#5
martinhinsch Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3 DXG	There are programs and scripts which can convert a folder structure on the kindle into a set of collections. Although better than nothing it's still far from a perfect solution since of course all collections + subcollections end up cluttering your home screen. What we (I at least) really need is subcollections or, as an alternative, the ability to have links to books in text/mobi/pdf files.

12-19-2010, 06:01 PM	#6
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	This thread might help. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...37#post1237437

12-19-2010, 06:36 PM	#7
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	There are 4 programs or hacks for collections (that I know of). Two are supposed to work with Calibre. You can find links to them here.

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