Mobipocket convert in mass? - Page 2

sirdouglas · 10-03-2008, 11:12 AM

Sweet, that was easy

Still got a few questions, but I won't start a whole new thread for it... I'm loving Mobipocket reader, but still have a few minor problems.

First, when I add a folder of books, it adds the first book of the list labeled with the correct title and author, but all books that follow automatically insert the same author as the first book! So if drag a large folder of books with the first book in the folder being Harry Potter, all the books following this will have J.K. Rowling as the author. Any ideas? It's been frustrating re-labeling every book one by one.

Second, I'm loving having my books organized by author and title, and the Reading Lists add a nice extra organization aspect, but is there more to the organization feature with Mobipocket that I'm just missing? I feel like the reading lists should be expandable just like Windows Explorer with folders. Then I could make one reading list called "Fiction" and within that reading list have different genres (a "mystery" subfolder, "adventure," ect). Wouldn't that make sense. Is there a better way for organization?

Third, some of my books are in .DOC and although I have the similar free version of Microsoft Office (Open Office), it still won't let me add .DOC files because I "don't have Word installed." Any way around this?

Fourth, um, yeah I think that's it actually

Sorry to throw all my problems at you, but I sure appreciate the help!

Thanks!

Doug

pilotbob · 10-03-2008, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirdouglas

First, when I add a folder of books, it adds the first book of the list labeled with the correct title and author, but all books that follow automatically insert the same author as the first book! So if drag a large folder of books with the first book in the folder being Harry Potter, all the books following this will have J.K. Rowling as the author. Any ideas? It's been frustrating re-labeling every book one by one.

Sounds like a Mobipocket reader bug. I would suggest sending an email to their support contact. Are you using the most recent version? 6.2 I think it is?

BOb

sirdouglas · 10-03-2008, 12:54 PM

Yes it is version 6.2 build 608.

sirdouglas · 10-04-2008, 07:49 PM

... sorry, accidentally posted here!
doug

10-04-2008, 07:49 PM	#19
sirdouglas Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: BeBook	new Mobipocket thread ... sorry, accidentally posted here! doug Last edited by sirdouglas; 10-05-2008 at 01:40 AM. Reason: accidental post

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10-03-2008, 11:12 AM	#16
sirdouglas Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: BeBook	Sweet, that was easy Still got a few questions, but I won't start a whole new thread for it... I'm loving Mobipocket reader, but still have a few minor problems. First, when I add a folder of books, it adds the first book of the list labeled with the correct title and author, but all books that follow automatically insert the same author as the first book! So if drag a large folder of books with the first book in the folder being Harry Potter, all the books following this will have J.K. Rowling as the author. Any ideas? It's been frustrating re-labeling every book one by one. Second, I'm loving having my books organized by author and title, and the Reading Lists add a nice extra organization aspect, but is there more to the organization feature with Mobipocket that I'm just missing? I feel like the reading lists should be expandable just like Windows Explorer with folders. Then I could make one reading list called "Fiction" and within that reading list have different genres (a "mystery" subfolder, "adventure," ect). Wouldn't that make sense. Is there a better way for organization? Third, some of my books are in .DOC and although I have the similar free version of Microsoft Office (Open Office), it still won't let me add .DOC files because I "don't have Word installed." Any way around this? Fourth, um, yeah I think that's it actually Sorry to throw all my problems at you, but I sure appreciate the help! Thanks! Doug

10-03-2008, 12:54 PM	#18
sirdouglas Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: BeBook	Yes it is version 6.2 build 608.

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