Renaming or Hiding Titles

honeybunny · 05-15-2008, 09:23 AM

I don't see a way to password-protect the Kindle. I do read some steamy novels sometimes, and I don't necessarily want a random well-meaning coworker or family member picking up the Kindle and seeing things that will embarrass them. I know that I can use the Sort option to hide certain classes of items, but it might just be easier to change titles. Since the Kindle doesn't have sub-folders (yet), is there a good option? I usually buy multi-format books from Fictionwise, so I know I can use MobiCreator to change the title (probably), but is there a different way?

TallMomof2 · 05-15-2008, 09:29 AM

Use mobi2mobi to change your title. You can also change the author. I haven't tried it directly on an AZW file (the Amazon file extension) but since it's a flavor of MOBI you can temporarily change the AZW extension to MOBI if need be to run mobi2mobi. Then just change it back to AZW before loading it on the Kindle.

In the same subforum there is GUI, that I haven't tried, that would make it easier to run mobi2mobi.

HTH

honeybunny · 05-15-2008, 10:46 AM

Thank you.

05-15-2008, 09:23 AM	#1
honeybunny Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 76 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Brisbane, AU Device: Kindle 2 GSM	Renaming or Hiding Titles I don't see a way to password-protect the Kindle. I do read some steamy novels sometimes, and I don't necessarily want a random well-meaning coworker or family member picking up the Kindle and seeing things that will embarrass them. I know that I can use the Sort option to hide certain classes of items, but it might just be easier to change titles. Since the Kindle doesn't have sub-folders (yet), is there a good option? I usually buy multi-format books from Fictionwise, so I know I can use MobiCreator to change the title (probably), but is there a different way?

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05-15-2008, 09:29 AM	#2
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	Use mobi2mobi to change your title. You can also change the author. I haven't tried it directly on an AZW file (the Amazon file extension) but since it's a flavor of MOBI you can temporarily change the AZW extension to MOBI if need be to run mobi2mobi. Then just change it back to AZW before loading it on the Kindle. In the same subforum there is GUI, that I haven't tried, that would make it easier to run mobi2mobi. HTH

05-15-2008, 10:46 AM	#3
honeybunny Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 76 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Brisbane, AU Device: Kindle 2 GSM	Thank you.