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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Nickel does not support DIRECTORIES. KOReader does support DIRECTORIES.
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Actually Nickel still sees the books even if folders/directories are used. "does not support" implies you can't have arbitrary directories, but you can.
For years now most people have been calling OS Filesystem directories, folders, so it's a synonym.
However using author, title, subtitle, series and collection metadata and ability to filter/sort view by read/finished, reading, unread, or recent/title/etc and more and quick search of the native reader seriously beats KOReader's 1970s style browse directories. KOReader can search Calibre metadata, but that's slow and awkward compared to native GUI.
KOReader is fine if you've loads of sort of broken ebooks, or need to adjust "paper" / "ink" on PDFs (native PDF reader now have per document crop), read unsupported formats. But I prefer to fixe epubs i9n Calibre and convert any ebook format to epub.
I use ImageMagick or K2PDFOPT (
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=144711 ) to fix bad PDF scans, or read them on my tablet.
So, yes all Kobos do support folders/directories, but you don't need it. There is no native file browser because you'd never ever need it. KOReader is easy to install (no jailbreak needed) and its main interface is a file browser. You can use both systems. KOReader has no Library/metadata interface, so with 8000 ebooks, the library "My Books" is faster with native reader. Both have search, but the KO Reader search is only using a Calibre file. The native search is faster and works for books not added by Calibre.