can somebody tell me how to create folders and (sub) directories ?

maurits · 02-19-2008, 05:02 PM

My books, pdf's and music mp3's are all mixed up.
Is there anybody who has some info on how to create folders etc

THX

Maurits

tribble · 02-19-2008, 06:01 PM

Subfolders are not supported in the current firmware, but are high on the todo list for a future firmware update.

jbenny · 02-19-2008, 10:08 PM

If not sub folders, how about hoagy folders, grinder folders or hero folders?

DaleDe · 02-20-2008, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jbenny

If not sub folders, how about hoagy folders, grinder folders or hero folders?

You can have such folders for storage but the reader will not find eBooks in them.

adelheid · 02-20-2008, 01:14 AM

Yes it will: I have several subfolders in the ebooks folder on my sd card and the cybook displays all the books in the subfolders.

delphidb96 · 02-20-2008, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by adelheid

Yes it will: I have several subfolders in the ebooks folder on my sd card and the cybook displays all the books in the subfolders.

You are correct. However, these do nothing to enabling the user to group the books within the Library screens. But we can hope that some day Bookeen will allow the subfolders under /eBooks to be useful for separating and navigating a book collection.

Derek

HarryT · 02-20-2008, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

You are correct. However, these do nothing to enabling the user to group the books within the Library screens.

They do if you change the sort order on the library to "sort by file path".

Ortep · 02-20-2008, 04:54 AM

1) Make folders with the name of the author.
2) Put your books in the correct folder
3) Sort the library by Foldername

The result is that all your books are sorted by author.

HarryT · 02-20-2008, 05:02 AM

Alternately, you can use this method to sort your books by subject, or anything else you fancy. It's quite a flexible approach.

mcdaniel · 02-20-2008, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ortep

1) Make folders with the name of the author.
2) Put your books in the correct folder
3) Sort the library by Foldername

The result is that all your books are sorted by author.

Many thanks for this explanation and example. I hope to receive my Cybook Gen 3 from NAEB within the next few days and wondered about organizing all my Baen SF/Fantasy ebooks for easy access on the device. Your explanation tells me that it should be very easy, i.e., all my ebooks on my computer are already stored in folders labeled for each author.

Robert

maurits · 02-22-2008, 03:25 AM

THX so far
I'll try some of the idea's
Maurits

Gladtobemom · 02-22-2008, 11:24 AM

I'd just be happy if I could sort by Author.

I'd also like it if it treated an underline as a space when sorting so that the files that have underlines in the titles would sort INTO the other ones.

So far, the only solution is to change the filename so the author is first and sort by filename.

Ortep · 02-22-2008, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gladtobemom

I'd just be happy if I could sort by Author.

I'd also like it if it treated an underline as a space when sorting so that the files that have underlines in the titles would sort INTO the other ones.

So far, the only solution is to change the filename so the author is first and sort by filename.

1) Make folders with the name of the author.
2) Put your books in the correct folder
3) Sort the library by Foldername

The result is that all your books are sorted by author.

You don't have to change the filename

ProfJulie · 02-22-2008, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ortep

1) Make folders with the name of the author.
2) Put your books in the correct folder
3) Sort the library by Foldername

The result is that all your books are sorted by author.

You don't have to change the filename

Well that works, but the folder name (in this example, the author's name) doesn't show up anywhere, so as you pan through your books you'll just have to notice when a section of books changes from one folder (author) to another. What you see is a clump of books in alpha order then another clump in alpha order (the folder/author name just changed). It's an adequate workaround, but not ideal.

Ortep · 02-22-2008, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfJulie

Well that works, but the folder name (in this example, the author's name) doesn't show up anywhere, so as you pan through your books you'll just have to notice when a section of books changes from one folder (author) to another. What you see is a clump of books in alpha order then another clump in alpha order (the folder/author name just changed). It's an adequate workaround, but not ideal.

The author's name does show up if you have 5 or 10 books per page. But I agree it is not ideal

02-19-2008, 05:02 PM	#1
maurits Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Herwijnen, Nederland Device: Cybook	can somebody tell me how to create folders and (sub) directories ? My books, pdf's and music mp3's are all mixed up. Is there anybody who has some info on how to create folders etc THX Maurits

02-22-2008, 11:24 AM	#12
Gladtobemom Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Cybook, Palm Z72	Grrrrgh! I'd just be happy if I could sort by Author. I'd also like it if it treated an underline as a space when sorting so that the files that have underlines in the titles would sort INTO the other ones. So far, the only solution is to change the filename so the author is first and sort by filename.

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02-19-2008, 06:01 PM	#2
tribble iLiad Maniac Posts: 1,382 Karma: 2369 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Opus (i love that thing) and iPad (what an irony)	Subfolders are not supported in the current firmware, but are high on the todo list for a future firmware update.

02-19-2008, 10:08 PM	#3
jbenny Addict Posts: 323 Karma: 358 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Tablet PC and Nokia N800	If not sub folders, how about hoagy folders, grinder folders or hero folders?

02-20-2008, 01:14 AM	#5
adelheid Zealot Posts: 108 Karma: 49 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nederland Device: iPad	Yes it will: I have several subfolders in the ebooks folder on my sd card and the cybook displays all the books in the subfolders.

02-20-2008, 04:54 AM	#8
Ortep Fanatic Posts: 527 Karma: 470 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Netherlands Device: Kindle Oasis	1) Make folders with the name of the author. 2) Put your books in the correct folder 3) Sort the library by Foldername The result is that all your books are sorted by author.

02-20-2008, 05:02 AM	#9
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Alternately, you can use this method to sort your books by subject, or anything else you fancy. It's quite a flexible approach.

02-22-2008, 03:25 AM	#11
maurits Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Herwijnen, Nederland Device: Cybook	THX so far I'll try some of the idea's Maurits

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