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Originally Posted by theonna
Exactly. You need Calibre. You also need to go and manually add tags/columns/info.
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Manually? Not a lot. Quite a beauty => batch programming, python programming in calibre, batch processing. The same info I add to my database (not calibre, calibre is my device book manager, not my library manager) I add automatically to calibre. Not standard? True.
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Originally Posted by theonna
DNSB, PeterT, eXistenZ, davidfor all offered great examples where their use of their library would require a system to include a book in multiple sets, without having to have more than one copy of a book. It is all perfectly correct, and books having correct metainformation, ability to have more than one tag for each field, should work in searches and database.
As it is now, we do not have ability to search like that on our devices, we also do not have books with correct metainformation. So though I agree it would be a great system if it worked and we had it, but we don't.
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I have correct (as useful for me) because I edit my books before going into calibre. Manual? In a sense as I gather information. Am I going to do it with and without file browser? Yes, too. So, my POV, not challenging. And the average user, who wouldn't do this, woudn't require a file manager either.
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Originally Posted by theonna
We have a device that requires to manage shelves one book at a time, takes long time processing new books, takes long time dealing with many shelves and with managing them.
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The first part, I don't understand. The others, don't bother me (as I think I have said, my library is not in my device).
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Originally Posted by theonna
All of it would be unnecessary if you had access to file system, it would not suit all requests for categories and collections, but it is still personal, and you can arrange your books how you like them so you know where you'd find series, authors, you'd know how you arrange books with multiple authors, it is not different from having actual bookshelf at home, you have all your library at your fingertips, without extra wait. It is your library, so you know where you have all your stuff.
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What you describe, I have in my hard disk. In my device, I'm not interested in it. I don't want all my library in my device
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Originally Posted by theonna
You can tell me that the structure of your preferred collection could not be satisfied with a library organized by folders, and that is fine, while programmers work to make it to your liking, you can still have well organized collection of books with a fraction of time if you had a browser.
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After creating some tools by myself, as with collections, and here I can talk about my experience. My first ereader: Bookeen Opus, with folders. I was fed up with them. My next ereader: Sony 3500 with PRS+: Collections and Folders. Access to folder structure wasn't in my main menu.
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Originally Posted by theonna
And after all the great programming is done, foreign language books, which alphabet is not supported yet, would be still unavailable for any search.
Cant you see, file manager is a simple tool, that could work now, while all your requirements aren't met, even without having to have long processing time, without needing Calibre.
It is not perfect but as it is right now, it is still better what we have now.
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I think we're missing the point of THIS thread, as I've said in my previous message. Do I need a browser? NO. Am I going to use it it Kobo put it as an option? NO. You can't convince me about its benefits when I've used it and I dread it. Having to use symbolic links/hard links for keeping my books organized? *puagh* That's part of my daily job, I don't want in my reader. What would I really want? A rodolex for accessing to books/shelves as I had in my Sony, that's all.