Jump to Author from home?

niceboy · 01-06-2011, 11:16 AM

Hi. This is an annoying noob question I know but I have read the manual and searched the forums but I have not figured it out.

I have about about three hundred texts loaded on my Kindle 3 divided in to ten categories. I usual select what to read from the Home by going to a category and browsing but if I want to pull up books by a certain author I have to page to it with the home set to list by Author or do a search for the author's name which if it is something like Green or Miller also shows passages where the name occures as a word in various texts.

In list by Author can I jump to the page of listing by letter if say I can't remember the spelling or must I page to it in the say 35 page list of books?

I love the Kindle, the only thing I miss is the scrolling home page that Stanza had on my iPod which let you jump to a letter in the author or title listings.

Thank you.

kindlekitten · 01-06-2011, 11:59 AM

you're not being ignored fyi, I don't know that this has been addressed. and I personally haven't a clue

TheKindleWorm · 01-06-2011, 12:10 PM

Hi - type in a letter and your search box will say click to go to "letter" authors where "letter" equals whatever letter you want. I think it only works when you have an author of that specific letter.

A sort of shortcut is you can navigate to a specific page. So say you have 20 pages and you want to get somewhere in the middle you an type in 10 (alt Q and alt P) and just click to go to that page.

Hope that helps you

FF2 · 01-06-2011, 05:41 PM

Kindleworm

Thanks. It is not quite the same on the k3, at least, I think it works slightly differently. When I type a letter, it opens the search and suggests "Search my items" which is not limited to an Author-search. But nonetheless, is helpful

TheKindleWorm · 01-06-2011, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by FF2

Kindleworm

Thanks. It is not quite the same on the k3, at least, I think it works slightly differently. When I type a letter, it opens the search and suggests "Search my items" which is not limited to an Author-search. But nonetheless, is helpful

That's strange. I'm using the 3G k3. I know it only works when sorting by title or author. It does not work when sorting by collections - just type a letter and don't press anything and it should say in italics across the search bar "click here ..." and you hit the middle of the 5-way controller.

Thing is I had to try it with several letters as I don't have many books stored on the kindle now!

JMikeD · 01-06-2011, 06:09 PM

On all Kindles, you can go directly to the first letter of the author's last name by typing it when you are in the Sort By Author list. It will then show the "search my items box", but if you read the text at the left, it says "go directly to - authors." When you click the select button, it will then go to the authors starting with that letter.

TheKindleWorm · 01-06-2011, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMikeD

On all Kindles, you can go directly to the first letter of the author's last name by typing it when you are in the Sort By Author list. It will then show the "search my items box", but if you read the text at the left, it says "go directly to - authors." When you click the select button, it will then go to the authors starting with that letter.

Exactly what I was trying to explain but you explained it much better

FF2 · 01-06-2011, 09:56 PM

Ah, so it depends on how you sort on the home pages. I have by Collections. But a quick change would make author sort available. Thanks.

niceboy · 01-07-2011, 11:09 AM

Hi - type in a letter and your search box will say click to go to "letter" authors where "letter" equals whatever letter you want. I think it only works when you have an author of that specific letter.

Ah! Thank you

I had tried search only from Title list not Author list. If I type a letter at home in Author list it it does give the search option to jump to the first page of authors starting with that letter. Thank you.

01-06-2011, 11:16 AM	#1
niceboy Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 14 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	Jump to Author from home? Hi. This is an annoying noob question I know but I have read the manual and searched the forums but I have not figured it out. I have about about three hundred texts loaded on my Kindle 3 divided in to ten categories. I usual select what to read from the Home by going to a category and browsing but if I want to pull up books by a certain author I have to page to it with the home set to list by Author or do a search for the author's name which if it is something like Green or Miller also shows passages where the name occures as a word in various texts. In list by Author can I jump to the page of listing by letter if say I can't remember the spelling or must I page to it in the say 35 page list of books? I love the Kindle, the only thing I miss is the scrolling home page that Stanza had on my iPod which let you jump to a letter in the author or title listings. Thank you.

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01-06-2011, 11:59 AM	#2
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	you're not being ignored fyi, I don't know that this has been addressed. and I personally haven't a clue

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TheKindleWorm Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 177868 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia UK Device: Kindle 3G, iPhone 3G, iPod 4G, PB 360, Sony 600 sold, Kindle 2i sold	Hi - type in a letter and your search box will say click to go to "letter" authors where "letter" equals whatever letter you want. I think it only works when you have an author of that specific letter. A sort of shortcut is you can navigate to a specific page. So say you have 20 pages and you want to get somewhere in the middle you an type in 10 (alt Q and alt P) and just click to go to that page. Hope that helps you

01-06-2011, 05:41 PM	#4
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	Kindleworm Thanks. It is not quite the same on the k3, at least, I think it works slightly differently. When I type a letter, it opens the search and suggests "Search my items" which is not limited to an Author-search. But nonetheless, is helpful

01-06-2011, 06:09 PM	#6
JMikeD Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Various and sundry	On all Kindles, you can go directly to the first letter of the author's last name by typing it when you are in the Sort By Author list. It will then show the "search my items box", but if you read the text at the left, it says "go directly to - authors." When you click the select button, it will then go to the authors starting with that letter.

01-06-2011, 09:56 PM	#8
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	Ah, so it depends on how you sort on the home pages. I have by Collections. But a quick change would make author sort available. Thanks.

01-07-2011, 11:09 AM	#9
niceboy Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 14 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	Hi - type in a letter and your search box will say click to go to "letter" authors where "letter" equals whatever letter you want. I think it only works when you have an author of that specific letter. Ah! Thank you I had tried search only from Title list not Author list. If I type a letter at home in Author list it it does give the search option to jump to the first page of authors starting with that letter. Thank you.

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