The Sony collections are, in my opinion, very elegant. I use three columns in Calibre to indicate #Genre, #Source (B&N, Baen, etc.), and #Reviewed (since I'm a hobbyist reviewer. This is a yea/nay/dnf field).
The data is loaded to my Sony reader as collections, so the Sony Collections look like:
fiction (fantasy) -- 301 books
source (baen) -- 27 books
review (dnf) -- 3 books
Note that there can be overlap between the collections.
For my Pocketbook reader, I load the files from Calibre to a folder structure that prioritizes #Genre, then #Review, and ignores #Source because I didn't want to get TOO nested. Thus, on my Pocketbook, the folder structure would look like:
fiction (fantasy)
-- review (dnf)
-- review (reviewed)
-- review (unreviewed)
fiction (horror and scifi)
-- review (dnf)
-- review (reviewed)
-- review (unreviewed)
And so on. I do like having the folder structure option, but I much prefer the immediacy of the Sony Collections. And, of course, with PRS+ you can still browse the Sony folders (which I load in the same manner as the Pocketbook). It's a plethora of choices for the modern eReader consumer!
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Originally Posted by AkumaTakeshi
I actually think collections are a hassle, but that must be me. I pass a great part of my time in front of the computer, so I'm used to organizing things with folders and with categories. And having folders inside that ones to fine tune things, for example I would like to have a major Fantasy folders and then have sub-genres inside, urban, epic, etc.
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This is quite easy to do within Calibre. You can either use the tagging system in there or make custom columns as you please.
