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Originally Posted by Xenophon
Having convenient, multi-level drill-down access to all my books sorted by author, by series, by date added, by title, etc. ad nauseum PLUS hierarchical display when there are too many options to fit on the screen, PLUS cover view browsing once I get to individual books, PLUS cross-reference links from book entry to series/author/whatever... Let's just say it provides the navigation that should have been available from the beginning, except that the various eBook device makers assumed that it would be "too complicated" for the typical user.  Never mind that anyone who can use a card catalog at the library, or a telephone book, or a rolodex understands the metaphor in an instant. |
This has been a contention of mine since the beginning with any ereader, but particularly B&N and Amazon as they are actual booksellers, that doesn't support hierarchal sorting or heck even tag sorting. How many people go into a bookstore or onto Amazon's site and say show me all the books that start with A? Or the Authors that start with M? I mean, seriously. You walk into a store, head for the main genre you want and then, if it's a good bookstore, the sub-genre before you search for the author or title. Ditto pretty much for a website.
The bookshelves/collections were a step in the right direction but then they shot themselves in the foot by not letting you work on them from a computer and upload to the device. Sony being the intelligent exception. Plus it's still only two-level sorting that doesn't come close to being truly useful.
I wonder when the ebook device makers are going to realize that their true target audience is made up of fairly hardcore readers who own more than 10 books at a time?