PRS-T1 can't create new collections on T1 - Page 2

Bookworm_Girl · 03-14-2012, 02:43 PM

It's way easier to control your collections via calibre if you have hundreds (or thousands) of books. All your books are organized on your PC, and then the same data is easily & quickly updated on your T1 if you use automatic metadata management.

Many people have more than one Sony ereader or are heavy note takers. For these scenarios there is an advantage to syncing with the Sony software to have all the books on your ereader reflect the same notes or to export notes to an RTF file for saving.

I'm sure creating collections on device works just fine for many people. However there are reasons for other people not to do it that way. If you ever have to reformat your T1 then you will have to start from scratch. At least Kindle collections can be synced and restored from the Amazon servers.

Pinecone · 03-16-2012, 08:22 AM

Hmm, let's see why I might want to use Calibre.

Maybe because I can sort by series order? Or by any order I choose? Put the same book into multiple collections and each collection sorted in a different way? And easily change the sort order or the collections?

Xanthe · 03-17-2012, 02:55 AM

I have the same inability to manually create a collection on the device itself. I can create dozens and dozens of them if I add tags to the metadata via Calibre, but when I tried to create a new one directly on the T1, I got that same "can't create a new collection because the limit has been reached - please delete some collections" message.

I can manually delete collections. I can move books into collections that have already been created on the T1 via Calibre. I just cannot create a new collection directly. I wanted to create an "Already Read" collection so I would know which books to add to my "Read 100 books in 2012" list on this website. In order to do so, I had to change the name of one of the Calibre-created collections and add the books to that (then delete the books that had belonged under the previous name).

I have no such problem on my Sony PRS-350.

parking · 03-26-2012, 01:55 AM

Has anybody solved the original problem yet?
i.e. "Error: New collection cannot be created since the created collections have reached the limit. Please delete unnecessary created collections."
I have been able to create collections on my T1 in the past, but after a recent sync I get the message above, and am now unable to do so.
I have my collections set to "series" only.
I also have the problem mentioned elsewhere about having books in collections shown as "removing". I am not sure what to do about this either.
Should I remove the 1300+ books, reset, and start again?

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03-14-2012, 02:43 PM	#16
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	It's way easier to control your collections via calibre if you have hundreds (or thousands) of books. All your books are organized on your PC, and then the same data is easily & quickly updated on your T1 if you use automatic metadata management. Many people have more than one Sony ereader or are heavy note takers. For these scenarios there is an advantage to syncing with the Sony software to have all the books on your ereader reflect the same notes or to export notes to an RTF file for saving. I'm sure creating collections on device works just fine for many people. However there are reasons for other people not to do it that way. If you ever have to reformat your T1 then you will have to start from scratch. At least Kindle collections can be synced and restored from the Amazon servers.

03-16-2012, 08:22 AM	#17
Pinecone Guru Posts: 902 Karma: 1660722 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland Device: PRS-650, PRS-600, PRS-350	Hmm, let's see why I might want to use Calibre. Maybe because I can sort by series order? Or by any order I choose? Put the same book into multiple collections and each collection sorted in a different way? And easily change the sort order or the collections?

03-17-2012, 02:55 AM	#18
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	I have the same inability to manually create a collection on the device itself. I can create dozens and dozens of them if I add tags to the metadata via Calibre, but when I tried to create a new one directly on the T1, I got that same "can't create a new collection because the limit has been reached - please delete some collections" message. I can manually delete collections. I can move books into collections that have already been created on the T1 via Calibre. I just cannot create a new collection directly. I wanted to create an "Already Read" collection so I would know which books to add to my "Read 100 books in 2012" list on this website. In order to do so, I had to change the name of one of the Calibre-created collections and add the books to that (then delete the books that had belonged under the previous name). I have no such problem on my Sony PRS-350.

03-26-2012, 01:55 AM	#19
parking Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: none	Has anybody solved the original problem yet? i.e. "Error: New collection cannot be created since the created collections have reached the limit. Please delete unnecessary created collections." I have been able to create collections on my T1 in the past, but after a recent sync I get the message above, and am now unable to do so. I have my collections set to "series" only. I also have the problem mentioned elsewhere about having books in collections shown as "removing". I am not sure what to do about this either. Should I remove the 1300+ books, reset, and start again?

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