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MoSo · 04-13-2008, 01:21 PM

For me, the Kindle has one major disadvantage. No, I'm not talking about the price or the wait to get one, as I managed to justify both to myself: it's the lack of on-device file organization. I've had this thing for almost 3 weeks and have accumulated about 150 books. This means flipping through 13 pages of listings, sorted by author, title or most recent download (yes, I know you can search instead of flip).

What I'd like to be able to do, under "Books" is create subdirectories and organize my books (New, Old Favs-Mystery, Old Favs-SciFi, Old Favs-Historical, Old Favs-Lit, NF-Economics, NF-History, etc etc). I don't want to have to pull the books off the Kindle and store them on my hard drive, the point of having the device is to indulge myself by carrying a mini-library around with me.

The Kindle sorts by Book, Periodical, so it has some file structure, why not more? Is this the kind of thing that could be changed in a firmware/software update, or is there some larger underlying issue?

04-13-2008, 01:21 PM	#1
MoSo Crankier than average Posts: 143 Karma: 345 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southern Oregon mountains Device: Kindle #1, Kindle #2; internet appliance - The Chumby.	Why no user file structure? For me, the Kindle has one major disadvantage. No, I'm not talking about the price or the wait to get one, as I managed to justify both to myself: it's the lack of on-device file organization. I've had this thing for almost 3 weeks and have accumulated about 150 books. This means flipping through 13 pages of listings, sorted by author, title or most recent download (yes, I know you can search instead of flip). What I'd like to be able to do, under "Books" is create subdirectories and organize my books (New, Old Favs-Mystery, Old Favs-SciFi, Old Favs-Historical, Old Favs-Lit, NF-Economics, NF-History, etc etc). I don't want to have to pull the books off the Kindle and store them on my hard drive, the point of having the device is to indulge myself by carrying a mini-library around with me. The Kindle sorts by Book, Periodical, so it has some file structure, why not more? Is this the kind of thing that could be changed in a firmware/software update, or is there some larger underlying issue?