About Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 bookshelve support

Talkless · 11-14-2015, 09:06 AM

Hi,

I can manage Kobo Glo bookshelves (Kobo call them collections) by creating custom "collection" column, and entering "#collection" into KoboTouch device settings.

Though I cannot find out how to setup bookshelves for Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 my father owns.

Is it simply not (yet, I hope) supported, or I should search for solution somewhere else, not in device settings?

Thanks.

P.S. thanks for great software, by the way!

kovidgoyal · 11-14-2015, 12:17 PM

There is no support for it. In order to support it, someone witht he device would have to modify the device driver to do it.

eschwartz · 11-15-2015, 01:14 AM

If the pocketbook stores its database in the userstore, so calibre can access it when the device is plugged into the computer, then it could probably be done.
But you'll need someone who owns the device and is willing to invest the time in updating the device driver to do that.

Talkless · 11-16-2015, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

There is no support for it. In order to support it, someone witht he device would have to modify the device driver to do it.

With "device driver" you meant Calibre plugin?
Thanks for your replies.

eschwartz · 11-16-2015, 10:11 AM

Well, yes, but really it could and should be merged into the builtin plugin.

kacir · 11-16-2015, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Talkless

Though I cannot find out how to setup bookshelves for Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 my father owns.

Is it simply not (yet, I hope) supported, or I should search for solution somewhere else, not in device settings?

PocketBook supports hierarchical directories.
I use "Save to disk" in Calibre to create hierarchical directory with author name/[series]/[series number - ]title paths.
Then I use "create catalog" to create nice hyperlinked list of all books, authors, tags, blurbs, covers ...

PocketBook does have bookshelves or favorites, but in recent versions of firmware the functionality was severely limited in comparison with older versions.

There is not much motivation to develop driver for this, because as I said PocketBooks have support for hierarchical directories, so it is possible to organize books in a sane way without collections or bookshelves or whatever other brands have to use. Some devices, such as Kindle or Kobo do not support subfolders, so users have to use some means of organization if they want to navigate more than a handful of books.

PeterT · 11-16-2015, 05:05 PM

Remember though that a directory based approach does not let you assign a book to multiple collections / bookshelves, which (at least) the Kobo approach does let you do.

Gords · 10-27-2016, 01:54 AM

Is there any news about the support of Pocketbook shelves in Calibre ?
I could do some tests, or retrieve informations in the device (if you tell me how) but I'm not able to code.

11-14-2015, 09:06 AM	#1
Talkless Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: Kobo Glo	About Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 bookshelve support Hi, I can manage Kobo Glo bookshelves (Kobo call them collections) by creating custom "collection" column, and entering "#collection" into KoboTouch device settings. Though I cannot find out how to setup bookshelves for Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 my father owns. Is it simply not (yet, I hope) supported, or I should search for solution somewhere else, not in device settings? Thanks. P.S. thanks for great software, by the way!

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11-14-2015, 12:17 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,256 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There is no support for it. In order to support it, someone witht he device would have to modify the device driver to do it.

11-15-2015, 01:14 AM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	If the pocketbook stores its database in the userstore, so calibre can access it when the device is plugged into the computer, then it could probably be done. But you'll need someone who owns the device and is willing to invest the time in updating the device driver to do that.

11-16-2015, 10:11 AM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Well, yes, but really it could and should be merged into the builtin plugin.

11-16-2015, 05:05 PM	#7
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,381 Karma: 78877538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Remember though that a directory based approach does not let you assign a book to multiple collections / bookshelves, which (at least) the Kobo approach does let you do.

10-27-2016, 01:54 AM	#8
Gords Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Clermont-Ferrand (France) Device: pocketbook touchlux 3	Is there any news about the support of Pocketbook shelves in Calibre ? I could do some tests, or retrieve informations in the device (if you tell me how) but I'm not able to code.

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