^ this is an awesome thread. Thank you all for your input.
While no stranger to ebook formats and even calibre, I have only now started using calibre to transfer books over to my first dedicated reader device. I never had a need to dig deeper into calibre beyond conversion tasks.
The tips about enabling/disabling subfolders created on Kindles/devices by calibre is priceless to me.
Being new to dedicated ereaders but a very old hand at tech and folder structures for stuff like music, I am still working out the best workflow process for myself and to get ebooks onto my devices.
My own preference for both music and books is to
avoid subfolders, for artists or in this case, authors. It is indeed a shame that [at present] real folder browsing
on the K3 is not possible - I do hope that Amazon will make this available soon through simple FW update. The only type of sub-folders I might employ for ebooks would be category based, rather than author based as this is how I think I want to organize my digital library.
Please pardon any noob-ish questions below and apologies if I should post on the general discussion subforum:
- Does anyone who doesn't use sub-folder structures on Kindles know if there are any upper file count limits in the root book folders to be aware of?
- What is the exact/default folder name [when connected to PC] that the Kindle uses to look for books?
- Are there any folder file count limits for Android devices and ebooks, also on the root book folders?
- Meta-tags: Is there any type of standard meta-tag format or a universal meta-tag editor for ebooks? Highly unlikely I would guess, if ebooks are anything like digital music [which sucks].
- Do ebook devices like Kindles and Android apps prefer tag into or can they also work off of filenames?
My 20k+ track music library is exclusively HQ LAME mp3. As such, I have no need to worry about various formats and metatag info. It took a long time, but I have my audio collection exactly how I want it. I would like to achieve the same thing with my own huge, but at present, completely disorganized ebook library.
Physically my music lives in this folder hierarchy:
E:\Music
E:\Music\0-9
E:\Music\A-C
E:\Music\D-F
etc
I think I would like to do this for ebooks:
E:\eBooks
E:\eBooks\Horror
E:\eBooks\SciFi
E:\eBooks\Fantasy
E:\eBooks\Non-Fiction
E:\eBooks\Favorite Authors
etc
I also plan to rename all my ebook files to adhere to this kind of uniform file naming convention:
George RR Martin - 1996 - Song Of Ice And Fire 01 - A Game Of Thrones.mobi [AZW, ePub, PDF, whatever].
This will allow me not to need Author sub-folders and organize my books simply by general category.
Anal perhaps, but that's how I organize my stuff.
Any advice from the gurus around here? And I am totally open to other options for organizing my digital book library. It took forever for me to retroactively fix my music collection and get it exactly how I like it. Now, armed with that experience, I would like to get a leg up and do things right with my ebooks, regardless of device.
cheers, tia and sorry for derailing this thread,
-les