Why use collections?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Why?

Why do you use collections? How will it improve my book reading/handling? How do you recomend (if you do recomend,) setting them up?
Thanks.

Stitchawl

The reason I use collections is to keep my content organized so I can find what I am looking for easily. It's not as good as true folders. But think of collections as a 1 level folder and you'll understand what they are.

[Moejoe]

Same as above, it's a quick way to access books in a series, or a particular author instead of trawling through the alphabetical menus. I've also started putting on my own work when I'm editing, because I catch more errors when I'm reading on the Sony than on the computer screen - i have these under a collection called Editing.

[zelda_pinwheel]

actually i'm starting to think collections might be *better* than folders. i can add more than one tag to a book and it will then appear in several collections (like : i can add "mystery" and also "french" and the same book will be in both) which you can't do with folders. i use tags which make sense to me ; so i can make a collection by genre, by language, by use (i put all the dictionaries together under "reference")... and, if i just want to browse all the books in my library by title or author i can do that too.

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

actually i'm starting to think collections might be *better* than folders. i can add more than one tag to a book and it will then appear in several collections (like : i can add "mystery" and also "french" and the same book will be in both) which you can't do with folders. i use tags which make sense to me ; so i can make a collection by genre, by language, by use (i put all the dictionaries together under "reference")... and, if i just want to browse all the books in my library by title or author i can do that too.

We must distinguish here between eBook Library Collections and Calibre.

When you say "i can add more than one tag to a book" do you mean you can put the same book into different collections in the eBook Library?

WDE.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

We must distinguish here between eBook Library Collections and Calibre.

When you say "i can add more than one tag to a book" do you mean you can put the same book into different collections in the eBook Library?

WDE.

yes ; i add tags using calibre, you're right, but calibre creates a collection for *each* tag i add ; so of course it's best not to add 300 tags. but i like it, that way i can put a book in more than one collection rather than trying to choose which is better and easily find it however i look.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

When you say "i can add more than one tag to a book" do you mean you can put the same book into different collections in the eBook Library?

Yes, I believe you can. But that is what tags in calibre do. IF you have a book with two tags, when you "send to reader" that book should be in both collections named for that tag.

BOb

[zelda_pinwheel]

oh wait, when you say "ebook library collections" do you mean the sony app on the pc ? in that case i don't know. i'm talking about collections i see on the 700 ; i don't use the sony app at all.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh wait, when you say "ebook library collections" do you mean the sony app on the pc ? in that case i don't know. i'm talking about collections i see on the 700 ; i don't use the sony app at all.

Yes, you can have the same ebook in multiple collections in the eBook Library software. I just tried it to double check.

BOb

[Wetdogeared]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

yes ; i add tags using calibre, you're right, but calibre creates a collection for *each* tag i add ; so of course it's best not to add 300 tags. but i like it, that way i can put a book in more than one collection rather than trying to choose which is better and easily find it however i look.

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Yes, I believe you can. But that is what tags in calibre do. IF you have a book with two tags, when you "send to reader" that book should be in both collections named for that tag.

BOb

I was aware that I could put a book in more than one collection in eBook Library.

The only confusing part was that there was no mention of Calibre up to this point. I assumed you were referring to Calibre tags; a newer member, from which this question was posed, might not have made that connection.

WDE.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

I was aware that I could put a book in more than one collection in eBook Library.

The only confusing part was that there was no mention of Calibre up to this point. I assumed you were referring to Calibre tags; a newer member, from which this question was posed, might not have made that connection.

WDE.

you are right, sorry i was not clear ; since i only use calibre, i sometimes forget that not everyone does, and that there is actually a sony app that can be used.

[radamo]

Please clarify this for me (new 505 owner)... So far I have been using the Sony eBook Library app to set up my collections. I saw the "tag" feature in Calibre but was unsure what it would do. Are you saying by adding tags to my books in Calibre that when I send them to the Sony it will put them into Collections of the same name?

That would be great.

Thanks,
RA

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by radamo

Are you saying by adding tags to my books in Calibre that when I send them to the Sony it will put them into Collections of the same name?

Yes that is correct. The same thing happens for series too.

BOb

[gwynevans]

Yes, Calibre will create collections on the Sony using both the "tags" and the "series" info about a book.

[Xenophon]

Further, it will order the entries in the collection it creates for a "series" so that the books are in numerical order. Very useful for keeping track of books in loooooong series.

Xenophon

[radamo]

This is great... Really wanted to use Calibre over the Sony software and now I can for all but shopping the Sony store.
Thanks for the info.
RA