[GUI Plugin] Kindle Collections (old) - Page 62

foghat · 05-27-2011, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beckywc

You need to update Calibre to the current version 0.8.2

Thanks! I missed that note on the first post.

foghat · 05-27-2011, 12:38 PM

I'm guessing it is out of control of this plugin/Calibre, but gonna ask anyway:

I am creating collections based on series. Does anyone know of a way to get the books within a series collection to sort based on the calibre book number of the series?

meme · 05-27-2011, 02:42 PM

See the first post in the thread under Calibre tips for book titles.

Zatakawa · 05-27-2011, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meme

It uses only the tags that are assigned to books that are on your Kindle. Are the collections you are not seeing for tags that are not associated with a book on your Kindle?

You are right, i didn't notice that. Thank you very much!

ZuleikaD · 05-27-2011, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by layoric

Thanks - Yes, now that restarting through software (was doing full power off, figuring that'd be same thing, not same as a PC I guess) the new collections showing up.

As a new Kindle user, I had to read through 40 pages of this thread to find this basic information. I didn't even realize there was a "restart" menu item in the software and had tried restarting and even rebooting the K3 several times via the hardware switch, and obviously had no luck. I'd been digging through the thread to see what the problem might be.

Maybe you could clarify this in the first page instructions? I know it probably seems obvious to more experienced Kindle users, but this is the first (and possibly only) time many of us will restart our Kindles this way.

For those people who are looking for it: Click the "menu" button; scroll down to "Settings" & click. Once you are in Settings, click the "menu" button *again*, then scroll down to "restart" & click. (Not exactly intuitive, is it?)

meme · 05-27-2011, 03:55 PM

Restart can be tricky. But under Create's First Use, and under Edit, the Restart information is already in Bold to stand out in the instructions. I'm not sure how much more it can be clarified.

And when you run Create or Edit, a dialog box pops up telling you to Restart your Kindle. Now maybe there I can add how to do this.

meme · 05-28-2011, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZuleikaD

Maybe you could clarify this in the first page instructions? I know it probably seems obvious to more experienced Kindle users, but this is the first (and possibly only) time many of us will restart our Kindles this way.

By the way, welcome to Mobileread! Thanks for posting about your issue.

I've updated the first page to make it a little more obvious - highlighting the Restart your Kindle text a bit more and adding a statement to say that restarting is not just using power on/off. And the next version will show how to do a Restart in the information dialog. There is a lot of information around, and it can be easy to miss this.

If anyone else has issues/questions just post - there's far too much old stuff to read through in this thread

rabbischle · 05-28-2011, 08:25 AM

I am very very pleased with calibre and the plugin - my English is not so good to post here a lot but I want to tell you to give this wonderful programm a big chance and you will be very pleased. It is exactly what you want for your books.
I have a Kindle Wifi and it works great together
greetings

meme · 05-28-2011, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rabbischle

I am very very pleased with calibre and the plugin - my English is not so good to post here a lot but I want to tell you to give this wonderful programm a big chance and you will be very pleased. It is exactly what you want for your books.
I have a Kindle Wifi and it works great together
greetings

On behalf of Kovid and all the Calibre developers, its great to hear thanks.

Welcome to Mobileread!

Nyssa · 05-29-2011, 09:36 AM

Is there a way to create & maintain collections from "saved searches" ?

Edit: I decided to create User Categories based off of my saved Searches.

meme · 05-30-2011, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Is there a way to create & maintain collections from "saved searches" ?

Edit: I decided to create User Categories based off of my saved Searches.

Great idea and solution! I was just thinking if/how this could be implemented and using the existing ability to create collections based on user categories makes it much easier

meme · 05-30-2011, 04:54 AM

A new release is available on the first post of this thread (see my signature).

Changes include:

- Fixed creating extra collections in some circumstances when using a split character
- Added check in Import to skip import if no collections are found on the Kindle
- Added option to keep existing Collection timestamps instead of forcing them to sort by name in Sort by Collections
- Added information on how to restart Kindle to save dialog

A new option for those of you who read a lot more than me

or just prefer to keep your collections in the order you left them. Uncheck the Reset Collection Times option in customize, and when you next open your collection on the Kindle and then do a Create, its timestamp will be left alone so your most recently opened collections will stay at the top in Sort by Collection.

Finally tracked down the bug giving Vaesse an extra collection when splitting by author. It was a problem with python lists - instead of making a copy of a list of for each of the authors listed for a book I was using the same list for each.

And to avoid zeroing out any columns when importing collections I've added a check to abort the import if no collections are found on the Kindle. This shouldn't usually happen, but at least if it does it won't cause any issues, and maybe we can track down what causes it.

Vaesse · 05-30-2011, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meme

Finally tracked down the bug giving Vaesse an extra collection when splitting by author. It was a problem with python lists - instead of making a copy of a list of for each of the authors listed for a book I was using the same list for each.

What I find interesting about this, is that though I saw one instance of the problem, the solution fixed four. It seems to me that I would never have spotted this issue (despite it absolutely effecting me) if it weren't for the fact that the one of the authors it effected for me was Michael Crichton and his brother Douglas Crichton. (They wrote one book together that wasn't on my Kindle, but everything I had for Michael was also showing up under Douglas.)

Ajax · 05-30-2011, 04:58 PM

Thanks a ton for all of your work on this plugin meme. It's great to be able to manually update my collections from the PC, or auto create if I want to.

CRussel · 05-31-2011, 01:36 PM

Feature Request: Currently, if I import (Add) a new book to Calibre, and set the Collections column for the new book, when I then send that book to my Kindle, it doesn't put the new book in the collection, but leaves it out at the top level. It would be nice if the process of sending to the Kindle would also put it into the correct collection(s).

Thanks!

05-29-2011, 09:36 AM	#925
Nyssa Series Addict Posts: 6,180 Karma: 167189477 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Florida, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd Gen)	Question: Is there a way to create & maintain collections from "saved searches" ? Edit: I decided to create User Categories based off of my saved Searches. Last edited by Nyssa; 05-29-2011 at 11:04 AM.

05-30-2011, 04:54 AM	#927
meme Sigil developer Posts: 1,274 Karma: 1101600 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, K4 NT, K3, Kobo Touch	Version 1.6.3 released A new release is available on the first post of this thread (see my signature). Changes include: - Fixed creating extra collections in some circumstances when using a split character - Added check in Import to skip import if no collections are found on the Kindle - Added option to keep existing Collection timestamps instead of forcing them to sort by name in Sort by Collections - Added information on how to restart Kindle to save dialog A new option for those of you who read a lot more than me or just prefer to keep your collections in the order you left them. Uncheck the Reset Collection Times option in customize, and when you next open your collection on the Kindle and then do a Create, its timestamp will be left alone so your most recently opened collections will stay at the top in Sort by Collection. Finally tracked down the bug giving Vaesse an extra collection when splitting by author. It was a problem with python lists - instead of making a copy of a list of for each of the authors listed for a book I was using the same list for each. And to avoid zeroing out any columns when importing collections I've added a check to abort the import if no collections are found on the Kindle. This shouldn't usually happen, but at least if it does it won't cause any issues, and maybe we can track down what causes it.

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05-27-2011, 12:38 PM	#917
foghat Evangelist Posts: 464 Karma: 1006520 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: Kindle PW3	I'm guessing it is out of control of this plugin/Calibre, but gonna ask anyway: I am creating collections based on series. Does anyone know of a way to get the books within a series collection to sort based on the calibre book number of the series?

05-27-2011, 02:42 PM	#918
meme Sigil developer Posts: 1,274 Karma: 1101600 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, K4 NT, K3, Kobo Touch	See the first post in the thread under Calibre tips for book titles.

05-27-2011, 03:55 PM	#921
meme Sigil developer Posts: 1,274 Karma: 1101600 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, K4 NT, K3, Kobo Touch	Restart can be tricky. But under Create's First Use, and under Edit, the Restart information is already in Bold to stand out in the instructions. I'm not sure how much more it can be clarified. And when you run Create or Edit, a dialog box pops up telling you to Restart your Kindle. Now maybe there I can add how to do this.

05-28-2011, 08:25 AM	#923
rabbischle Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: kindle wifi	I am very very pleased with calibre and the plugin - my English is not so good to post here a lot but I want to tell you to give this wonderful programm a big chance and you will be very pleased. It is exactly what you want for your books. I have a Kindle Wifi and it works great together greetings

05-30-2011, 04:58 PM	#929
Ajax Addict Posts: 386 Karma: 17083352 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Device: K4 Touch, Kindle Fire, HP Touchpad	Thanks a ton for all of your work on this plugin meme. It's great to be able to manually update my collections from the PC, or auto create if I want to.

05-31-2011, 01:36 PM	#930
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Feature Request: Currently, if I import (Add) a new book to Calibre, and set the Collections column for the new book, when I then send that book to my Kindle, it doesn't put the new book in the collection, but leaves it out at the top level. It would be nice if the process of sending to the Kindle would also put it into the correct collection(s). Thanks!