Content Folders! Rant! Rave! - Page 4

JeffElkins · 03-12-2008, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by radleyp

Well, Jeff, if you want hundreds of books on a device, with no way to arrange them in folders, enjoy yourself as you look for the title you want. To me, that's a waste of time.

Huh? I must have misspoke, or you misread, radleyp.

I wouldn't consider a device without folder ability. I was horrified when I learned the Kindle/Sony devices didn't support them. Especially since they are Linux devices.

My central library lives on a Linux media server with all content stored in folders organized by genre/author. My readers (Linux-based Nokia N800 and Nokia 770) are backed up via rsync with each device having a mirror of the central lib on it's storage card.

dugbug · 03-12-2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffElkins

Especially since they are Linux devices.

Im pretty sure other kernels have folder technology

Its not about the operating system obviously.

-d

badgoodDeb · 03-12-2008, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffElkins

the Kindle/Sony devices didn't support them. Especially since they are Linux devices.

In fact, the Kindle at least, does allow you to put things into folders and sub-folders. It just doesn't support that in their index. It reads the sub-directories and flattens them out.

So I can neatly store books in directories by author (where I have more than a couple by an author, I do) and the Kindle will see them all -- BUT it doesn't show that categorization in the index. Bummer......

JeffElkins · 03-12-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dugbug

Im pretty sure other kernels have folder technology

Its not about the operating system obviously.-d

Never meant to imply that the kindle/sony kernels couldn't support folders, dugbug. I just expect better from software engineers.

Elsi · 03-12-2008, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TallMomof2

I have roughly 900 books on my Kindle and do not see a significant slowdown once the books are indexed. Even reading off the SD card doesn't seem to make a difference is speed just battery life.

Does simply having the SD card installed when you're reading a book that is in the Kindle cost you in battery life? Or do you mean actually "reading" a book that is sitting on the SD card? If so, then it would save the battery to move a book from SD into the Kindle before reading it, right?

dugbug · 03-12-2008, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffElkins

Never meant to imply that the kindle/sony kernels couldn't support folders, dugbug. I just expect better from software engineers.

A lot of work went into the kindle sw. Kindle got right what they needed to do in v1.0.

-d

stevenmoy · 03-12-2008, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffElkins

Never meant to imply that the kindle/sony kernels couldn't support folders, dugbug. I just expect better from software engineers.

Ouch... that hurts... Software engineers are people too, they have finite amount of working hours.

Alisa · 03-12-2008, 09:02 PM

And they don't usually get final say in which features are implemented.

TallMomof2 · 03-13-2008, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Elsi

Does simply having the SD card installed when you're reading a book that is in the Kindle cost you in battery life? Or do you mean actually "reading" a book that is sitting on the SD card? If so, then it would save the battery to move a book from SD into the Kindle before reading it, right?

I usually move the book from the SD card to my Kindle main memory but when I don't I notice that the battery definitely doesn't last as long.

TallMomof2 · 03-13-2008, 09:16 AM

What I've done to try and get around the folder problem is to have a few text files on my Kindle. One text file lists my series books, in order, by author so that I can easily locate the title of a particular series book. Another file lists by purchase date my "one-time, throwaway" books. Still another lists my non-fiction books. I use my PC to add notes to each entry such as date read and personal rating. I keep the files updated and reload them on my Kindle, overwriting the file on the Kindle, so that I have a fairly current filing system. I use the files to look up a title and then go to that title in content lister.

It was a bit of work but I was able to get most of my book information from Fictionwise in .csv format. Books I purchased from other sources were added by c&p.

But I'd still rather have a folder structure that the Kindle can actually see.

shawnlg · 03-15-2008, 01:52 PM

MobiPocket reader has the idea of "reading lists". These shouldn't be too complicated for non-techies. Instant folders.

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03-12-2008, 09:02 PM	#53
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	And they don't usually get final say in which features are implemented.

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TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	What I've done to try and get around the folder problem is to have a few text files on my Kindle. One text file lists my series books, in order, by author so that I can easily locate the title of a particular series book. Another file lists by purchase date my "one-time, throwaway" books. Still another lists my non-fiction books. I use my PC to add notes to each entry such as date read and personal rating. I keep the files updated and reload them on my Kindle, overwriting the file on the Kindle, so that I have a fairly current filing system. I use the files to look up a title and then go to that title in content lister. It was a bit of work but I was able to get most of my book information from Fictionwise in .csv format. Books I purchased from other sources were added by c&p. But I'd still rather have a folder structure that the Kindle can actually see.

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shawnlg Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kindle	MobiPocket reader has the idea of "reading lists". These shouldn't be too complicated for non-techies. Instant folders.

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