Faux Folders Found for Mobipocket

Nate the great · 06-02-2008, 09:34 PM

I wanted to make sure everyone saw this.

The Kindle, like any other Mobipocket device, does not support folders in the menu. One thing it can do that's close to a folder is group various issues of a magazine or newspaper under a single title. If you select it, you will see all the issues of that periodical. This is very similar to "Collections" on the Sony Reader.

You might not know about MobiPerl. It's a pretty good Mobi ebook publisher, written in Perl. If you use it to change several Mobi ebooks to the same title (say "Honorverse") and change the booktype to "NEWS", the changed ebooks will appear to be in a folder titled Honorverse. The exact command is discussed here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...672#post192672

Here's why I wanted everyone to know about this: Does your Mobipocket device support this feature? I want everyone to try it. I would, but I'm still learning how to run MobiPerl. Could someone post a set of modified ebooks for those who don't know how to use MobiPerl?

Does MobiDesktop support this? How about the Blackberry? Cybook?

gravescp · 06-02-2008, 11:19 PM

Does this work on the Kindle? ***the psudo mobi device***

Nate the great · 06-02-2008, 11:23 PM

Yes, of course.

tcv · 06-03-2008, 12:29 AM

How would I test this on my BB reader app?

Nate the great · 06-03-2008, 11:15 AM

I may have spoken to soon. I've followed the given commands and they don't work. I'm going to try again.

badgoodDeb · 06-03-2008, 01:59 PM

Yeah -- if someone could post a set of such books (perhaps 3 items) I'd be glad to try it on my Kindle. But I haven't gotten mobiperl to work here yet.

IceHand · 06-04-2008, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Does MobiDesktop support this? How about the Blackberry? Cybook?

It doesn't look like the Cybook supports this. I've tried yesterday and it didn't work.

06-02-2008, 09:34 PM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Faux Folders Found for Mobipocket I wanted to make sure everyone saw this. The Kindle, like any other Mobipocket device, does not support folders in the menu. One thing it can do that's close to a folder is group various issues of a magazine or newspaper under a single title. If you select it, you will see all the issues of that periodical. This is very similar to "Collections" on the Sony Reader. You might not know about MobiPerl. It's a pretty good Mobi ebook publisher, written in Perl. If you use it to change several Mobi ebooks to the same title (say "Honorverse") and change the booktype to "NEWS", the changed ebooks will appear to be in a folder titled Honorverse. The exact command is discussed here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...672#post192672 Here's why I wanted everyone to know about this: Does your Mobipocket device support this feature? I want everyone to try it. I would, but I'm still learning how to run MobiPerl. Could someone post a set of modified ebooks for those who don't know how to use MobiPerl? Does MobiDesktop support this? How about the Blackberry? Cybook?

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06-02-2008, 11:19 PM	#2
gravescp Member Posts: 23 Karma: 57 Join Date: May 2008 Device: iphone	Does this work on the Kindle? *the psudo mobi device*

06-02-2008, 11:23 PM	#3
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Yes, of course.

06-03-2008, 12:29 AM	#4
tcv Addict Posts: 330 Karma: 596 Join Date: Oct 2006	How would I test this on my BB reader app?

06-03-2008, 11:15 AM	#5
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I may have spoken to soon. I've followed the given commands and they don't work. I'm going to try again.

06-03-2008, 01:59 PM	#6
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Yeah -- if someone could post a set of such books (perhaps 3 items) I'd be glad to try it on my Kindle. But I haven't gotten mobiperl to work here yet.

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