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mengo · 07-27-2013, 11:02 AM

I don't get the whole idea of shelves, they sound super but wouldn't it be better if they were implemented in the "BOOKS" subsection of "LIBRARY". I don't like how the contents of the shelves I've created are just scattered across all the other books I have.Especially if were talking about a series from many different authors. A total mess. It's like the shelves themselves are managed but why must the other non-shelved books suffer. Not every single book needs to go in a shelf.
I don't think shelves are intended for sorting by author in "BOOKS" titles are already sorted by author,... no need to populate the shelves with every other book you have in the library just to have them show in a directory manner like I said.
It's an advantage to have a shelf with a portion of an author's works, lets say all their short stories or essays, or a compilation from different authors' works.

But why not have the shelf appear grouped in the "BOOKS" category like a folder with an appropriate icon. By selecting it you would be brought to the according shelf.

illustration:

............................BOOKS................. ..............
by Author . . . . . . . . 1 -5 of 231 items
--------------------------------------------------
XXX Charlses Darwin
XXX On The Origin Of Species

XXX Herman Melville
XXX Moby Dick

OOO Jack London Short Stories <<<-- Shelf
OOO 72 items

XXX Mark Twain
XXX the adventures of H. Finn
--------------------------------------------------

there could be an option in the library settings "show shelves", or "shelves first"

Excuse me, I really don't see the point of shelves being like they are in firmware version 2.6.1.
If those small works were just single sheets of paper, one or two pages long (and don't even have proper covers) you wouldn't just shelve them between the other books. that's how I see it.

07-27-2013, 11:02 AM	#226
mengo Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Kobo Touch	Broken Shelves I don't get the whole idea of shelves, they sound super but wouldn't it be better if they were implemented in the "BOOKS" subsection of "LIBRARY". I don't like how the contents of the shelves I've created are just scattered across all the other books I have.Especially if were talking about a series from many different authors. A total mess. It's like the shelves themselves are managed but why must the other non-shelved books suffer. Not every single book needs to go in a shelf. I don't think shelves are intended for sorting by author in "BOOKS" titles are already sorted by author,... no need to populate the shelves with every other book you have in the library just to have them show in a directory manner like I said. It's an advantage to have a shelf with a portion of an author's works, lets say all their short stories or essays, or a compilation from different authors' works. But why not have the shelf appear grouped in the "BOOKS" category like a folder with an appropriate icon. By selecting it you would be brought to the according shelf. illustration: ............................BOOKS................. .............. by Author . . . . . . . . 1 -5 of 231 items -------------------------------------------------- XXX Charlses Darwin XXX On The Origin Of Species XXX Herman Melville XXX Moby Dick OOO Jack London Short Stories <<<-- Shelf OOO 72 items XXX Mark Twain XXX the adventures of H. Finn -------------------------------------------------- there could be an option in the library settings "show shelves", or "shelves first" Excuse me, I really don't see the point of shelves being like they are in firmware version 2.6.1. If those small works were just single sheets of paper, one or two pages long (and don't even have proper covers) you wouldn't just shelve them between the other books. that's how I see it.