How many actually use Collections?

JSWolf · 09-06-2007, 12:18 AM

What I'm looking to find out is how many Reader users here use Collections. Sometimes would count as a YES vote.

medavidson · 09-06-2007, 12:40 AM

Most definitely... I use them to group books in a series or books in a specific subject area together so I can locate them easily.

JSWolf · 09-06-2007, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by medavidson

Most definitely... I use them to group books in a series or books in a specific subject area together so I can locate them easily.

Would you mind voting please?

Nogg · 09-06-2007, 01:22 AM

I voted no because even grouping stuff into collections doesn't reduce the size of the main book list, which is what the reader defaults to when going to the root menu. I'd really like to see something beyond the flat file structure on this device.

JSWolf · 09-06-2007, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Nogg

I voted no because even grouping stuff into collections doesn't reduce the size of the main book list, which is what the reader defaults to when going to the root menu. I'd really like to see something beyond the flat file structure on this device.

True when going to the book menu. But going to the Collections menu can make it easier (IMHO) to find a book you want to read or even just to find the next book in a series. Say you have all seven of The Dark Tower series. Let's say you don't have the book numbers in the title. Let's say you forget which book is which in order. In a Collection, you manually sort the books in order and when you go to the collection, it's easy to find the next book. You can even have the Collections sorted int he order you want to read your books. Like say the timeline order of the Draginriders of Pern series which is not the publication order. To me, Collections make it easier to deal with a lot of books sitting in the internal memory. Your millage may vary.

europas_ice · 09-06-2007, 01:46 AM

I wouldn't be able to function without collections. Things need to be organized for me to wrap my brain around them. A jumbled mess just upsets me.

That being said, I don't really use them much because most of the time I'm just reading a book.

whiteinge · 09-06-2007, 03:48 AM

I wish I could use collections since I keep a lot of books on my memory card (and are otherwise meticulously organized in sub-folders). Alas, I don't use Windows.

grimo1re · 09-06-2007, 04:45 AM

Can't be arsed to use collections, find it cumbersome. Then again, I don't use a memory card and generally only (!) have about 80 books on the reader so I don't really need to use collections.

Xenophon · 09-06-2007, 10:38 AM

I wish that I could use collections. But they only work for books in internal memory. And since I don't use Windows (shame on you, Sony, for ignoring a modest but significant fraction of your potential market!), I would depend on libprs500's collections support... which is coming along, but not yet ready for prime time.

Not voting as there is no selection that fits my situation,
Xenophon

jasonkchapman · 09-06-2007, 11:28 AM

Mostly, I use them to group the e-magazines together. Sometimes I use them to group series books together, or to collect books by a particular author just to make them easier to find.

Thanks to Fictionwise, I'm also carrying around a collection title "Hugo Nominees".

NatCh · 09-06-2007, 12:18 PM

I use them to keep my books separated and in the order I wish to read them next.

Aprilbeginnings · 09-06-2007, 12:49 PM

No, I just pop whatever in the reader when I think I may want to read it.

coleman · 09-07-2007, 08:46 AM

The problem is that you very nearly have to use collections if you have more then say 10-20 books on it. Collections wouldn't be needed at all if they had hierarchical file system support (that's right, I brought THAT up again). Now that I think about it, it's pretty stupid they put the effort in making collections, and also artificially created the need for them by not having hierarchical FS support.

astra · 09-07-2007, 08:51 AM

Never.

I never have more than 8 books on the reader at the same time and even this is an excess because I read only one book at time.

Liviu_5 · 09-07-2007, 08:53 AM

Collections are moderately useful, so I use them, but the really useful thing that Sony would be wise to implement so we do not have to go through the hack is the direct page access.

View Poll Results: Do you use Collections?
Yes I use Collections (sometimes counts as a yes)	51	55.43%
No, I never use Collections	41	44.57%
Voters: 92. You may not vote on this poll

09-06-2007, 12:18 AM	#1
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09-06-2007, 12:40 AM	#2
medavidson Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 1138 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Device: PRS500	Most definitely... I use them to group books in a series or books in a specific subject area together so I can locate them easily.

09-06-2007, 01:22 AM	#4
Nogg Literate! Posts: 256 Karma: 2247 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: PRS-500	I voted no because even grouping stuff into collections doesn't reduce the size of the main book list, which is what the reader defaults to when going to the root menu. I'd really like to see something beyond the flat file structure on this device.

09-06-2007, 01:46 AM	#6
europas_ice Groupie Posts: 188 Karma: 220 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Moscow, ID Device: iPhone 11 (Kindle app & iBooks)	I wouldn't be able to function without collections. Things need to be organized for me to wrap my brain around them. A jumbled mess just upsets me. That being said, I don't really use them much because most of the time I'm just reading a book.

09-06-2007, 03:48 AM	#7
whiteinge Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Sony Reader	I wish I could use collections since I keep a lot of books on my memory card (and are otherwise meticulously organized in sub-folders). Alas, I don't use Windows.

09-06-2007, 04:45 AM	#8
grimo1re Geekette Posts: 435 Karma: 3335 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS500, PocketBook 360	Can't be arsed to use collections, find it cumbersome. Then again, I don't use a memory card and generally only (!) have about 80 books on the reader so I don't really need to use collections.

09-06-2007, 10:38 AM	#9
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,481 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	I wish that I could use collections. But they only work for books in internal memory. And since I don't use Windows (shame on you, Sony, for ignoring a modest but significant fraction of your potential market!), I would depend on libprs500's collections support... which is coming along, but not yet ready for prime time. Not voting as there is no selection that fits my situation, Xenophon

09-06-2007, 11:28 AM	#10
jasonkchapman Guru Posts: 767 Karma: 2347 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC Device: Sony Reader, nook, Droid, nookColor, nookTablet	Mostly, I use them to group the e-magazines together. Sometimes I use them to group series books together, or to collect books by a particular author just to make them easier to find. Thanks to Fictionwise, I'm also carrying around a collection title "Hugo Nominees".

09-06-2007, 12:18 PM	#11
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I use them to keep my books separated and in the order I wish to read them next.

09-06-2007, 12:49 PM	#12
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	No, I just pop whatever in the reader when I think I may want to read it.

09-07-2007, 08:46 AM	#13
coleman Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 38 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: Android tablets and phones, Windows tablet, Kobo Aura One	The problem is that you very nearly have to use collections if you have more then say 10-20 books on it. Collections wouldn't be needed at all if they had hierarchical file system support (that's right, I brought THAT up again). Now that I think about it, it's pretty stupid they put the effort in making collections, and also artificially created the need for them by not having hierarchical FS support.

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09-07-2007, 08:51 AM	#14
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Never. I never have more than 8 books on the reader at the same time and even this is an excess because I read only one book at time.

09-07-2007, 08:53 AM	#15
Liviu_5 Books and more books Posts: 917 Karma: 69499 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Device: Nook Color, Itouch, Nokia770, Sony 650, Sony 700(dead), Ebk(given)	Collections are moderately useful, so I use them, but the really useful thing that Sony would be wise to implement so we do not have to go through the hack is the direct page access.