Are hierarchies supported when organizing my books?

jjansen · 02-20-2010, 11:19 PM

I am using a Sony PRS-505 and Calibre. Is there any way that I can have sub folders or sub categories? I notice that when I use Series with Calibre they become top level categories on my Sony. What I would really like is to be able to look at my James Patterson books and within them see the Alex Cross series and seperately the Women's Murder Club series (for example).

Is this possible?

theducks · 02-20-2010, 11:33 PM

I can't answer the Sony part of the question
Look at Preferences | Saving ..
There are 2 tabs devoted to to specifying file and folder naming attribute

I chose to have series first because some of the series I read do not have the same Author(s) for every book
I also prefix the title with the series Index (set to 2 chars long) so they appear in proper order in the list the difference shown below

Code:

itimpi · 02-21-2010, 02:50 AM

The Sony software supports only one level of Categories (Collections). All Calibre Series names and tags are made into Collections. A book can exist in more than one collection on the Sony, so navigating via the most appropriate collection name is the best you are going to get.

jackie_w · 02-21-2010, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjansen

I am using a Sony PRS-505 and Calibre. Is there any way that I can have sub folders or sub categories? I notice that when I use Series with Calibre they become top level categories on my Sony. What I would really like is to be able to look at my James Patterson books and within them see the Alex Cross series and seperately the Women's Murder Club series (for example).

Is this possible?

If you use the new Catalog feature to produce an epub list of your Calibre library, you will find your James Patterson novels will be beautifully displayed in the Author section under "P"

02-20-2010, 11:19 PM	#1
jjansen J Posts: 188 Karma: 12590 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Canada Device: SONY PRS 505/300, iRex DR800SG, Nook	Are hierarchies supported when organizing my books? I am using a Sony PRS-505 and Calibre. Is there any way that I can have sub folders or sub categories? I notice that when I use Series with Calibre they become top level categories on my Sony. What I would really like is to be able to look at my James Patterson books and within them see the Alex Cross series and seperately the Women's Murder Club series (for example). Is this possible?

02-20-2010, 11:33 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,779 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I can't answer the Sony part of the question Look at Preferences \| Saving .. There are 2 tabs devoted to to specifying file and folder naming attribute I chose to have series first because some of the series I read do not have the same Author(s) for every book I also prefix the title with the series Index (set to 2 chars long) so they appear in proper order in the list the difference shown below Code: 1 01 10 02 2 10 20 20

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02-21-2010, 02:50 AM	#3
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	The Sony software supports only one level of Categories (Collections). All Calibre Series names and tags are made into Collections. A book can exist in more than one collection on the Sony, so navigating via the most appropriate collection name is the best you are going to get.