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Originally Posted by hard_boiled
I have been using FB Reader for quite a while. The primary reason that I use it is that I like to read books that are in a series, and FB reader is the best reader that I have found that allows me to sort/search by series. I use calibre to sort/organize my ebooks, and I copy the books directly from the library to the file tree on my phone -- I don't use calibre or another program to copy them over. When I do this, I get a directory tree in my FB Reader library that is organized by author, then, by book. Each book directory contains 3 files -- the book (in .epub), the cover (.jpg), and the metadata file (.opf).
I have a Barnes and Noble Nook Simple Touch that has been rooted and I use FB Reader instead of the built in reader software (it is far superior). When I search by series, I have no problem.
However, when I have tried using FB Reader on my last 2 phones, I have a problem: I sort by series and find the books that I want. However, it isn't the .epub file that it sees -- it is the .opf file. If I select the book at this point, it simply loads the metadata fuel and shows…nothing. I have to use one of the other sorts or browse the file tree in order to find the .epub file and open it. It is very annoying.
I have FB Reader 1.8.2 installed on my android phone (Google Nexus 4 by LG running Android 4.3, while I also had this problem on a HTC One X running Android 4.2).
Has anyone else seen this problem? I find it hard to believe that I'm the only OCD person that wants to sort by series…
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I use coolreader with my rooted nook touch and s4. The series are always sorted properly apart from the short stories. Although I dont use it much as I prefer to send files from calibre instead of copying as I can get detailed folder hierarchy.
Something like Genre\A\Author\Series\01 - Title.epub
But I have fbreader installed as well on my phone so I checked the series are sorting properly even the short stories that are in between books.
They are being sort as 1,2,3,3.2,3.5,4,5.
I think your problem is that you copied books directly instead of using sending to or saving to option so calibre didnt write the series metadata to the files.