Classic It's official -- NO FOLDERS on the Nook

Daithi · 10-22-2009, 12:35 AM

From the Barnes & Noble eBooks Help Board

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A few questions here about navigating the content on your nook.

nook's touchscreen has a keyboard to help you search, lend and annotate your eBooks and other content.

The cover flow view is a great and fun feature, but you can also browse the content on nook a number of ways: by type (eBooks vs subscriptions vs other content you've loaded on nook, for instance), by title, or by author.

You can also use the touchscreen keyboard to search for the particular eBook or content. (We'll be getting a picture of the keyboard on the site soon.)

You can't put your eBooks into "folders" or tags at this time, but we've heard the request, and we're looking into it for down the road. (Thanks for the suggestion.)

Badandy · 10-22-2009, 06:36 AM

Not really a huge deal in my eyes because of the keyboard. It should be really quick to find books using that.

Daithi · 10-22-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Badandy

Not really a huge deal in my eyes because of the keyboard. It should be really quick to find books using that.

I have a Kindle and don't have much trouble finding a book. The Kindle has a keyboard, even if it is a little cheesy, which can be used to find a book quickly. So I hear what you are saying. However, having folders and/or tags would still definately be helpful.

Imagine if last month you downloaded a free book from Amazon/B&N, and you remember that it was fantasy novel with vampires, but you can't remember the name of the author or the books title. If you have a 1,000+ books on your ereader, finding that book will not be easy. If you had a "fantasy" folder or were able to add tags such as "fantasy" and "vampire" then finding the book would be a breeze.

Furthermore, let's say you're in the mood for a good mystery. You have several mystery books on your eReader, but once again you may not remember every author or title you have that is a mystery book. It would be nice if you could list all the mystery books you have on your eReader, as this would make choosing a book to read a lot easier.

Many Kindle owners have been asking for folders or tags for quite some time now, and I'm actually surprised that the Nook doesn't support folders. It almost appeared that B&N had been reviewing the blogs and boards that were complaining about Amazon's latest Kindles not supporting an SD card or replaceable battery, so I'm pretty sure they would have seen the complaints about a lack of folder/tag support. Not supporting folders/tags seems like a missed opportunity to me.

badbob001 · 10-22-2009, 10:27 AM

Without folder support, we'll just have to spend more time making sure all our content has the correct meta data. I don't like it but I guess it forces us to be more organized and allows for faster searching. iTunes doesn't have folder support and many of us just put up with it. Same with gmail. It's probably not an issue for bought content, but user-generated stuff will require extra work. Certainly not for those just wishing to copy and paste all their files over...

Sweetpea · 10-22-2009, 10:37 AM

No folders, would that mean you must place all your books in one folder or that it won't display folders, even if you put your books in folders (like the Mobipocket Mobile Reader software)?

If it's the first, it's an absolute no-go for me.

Daithi · 10-22-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

No folders, would that mean you must place all your books in one folder or that it won't display folders, even if you put your books in folders (like the Mobipocket Mobile Reader software)?

If it's the first, it's an absolute no-go for me.

From my understanding it works like the Kindle. All your books are placed in one folder and the only thing you can sort on is Title and Author. Really disappointing.

nremondelli · 10-22-2009, 04:18 PM

What about page numbers? One of the things liked about the Sony but dislike about the Kindle is real page numbers.

GJN · 10-22-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by nremondelli

What about page numbers? One of the things liked about the Sony but dislike about the Kindle is real page numbers.

The sample images show what appears to be a page number. I don't know, though, how you can reconcile page numbers with variable font sizes.

Yar-PocketBooker · 10-27-2009, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by badbob001

Without folder support, we'll just have to spend more time making sure all our content has the correct meta data. I don't like it but I guess it forces us to be more organized and allows for faster searching. iTunes doesn't have folder support and many of us just put up with it. Same with gmail. It's probably not an issue for bought content, but user-generated stuff will require extra work. Certainly not for those just wishing to copy and paste all their files over...

I can't do without folders... I keep all my Stephen King in Stephen King Folder, all Leo Tolstoy in Leo Tolstoy folder and so on...Maybe it's just me - 'omnia mea mecum porto' - I like to have ALL works of the author if I like him and to have them all in one place...

CyGuy · 10-29-2009, 04:21 PM

No folders = no sale

kezza · 10-30-2009, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by CyGuy

No folders = no sale

Folder support (or tag support) is one of those things I thought I really cared about a couple of years ago when I got my Sony. I made all these nice collections on the desktop software so my books were carefully filed under a few different criteria, but as it turns out I never use my own system. 99% of the time when I go to open a book I list by title.

I may change my mind with the Nook, since I'll be using a device where I can't selectively sync just some of my books over at any time, they'll all be there always, and that could definitely get hairy. I wonder if B&N's "archive" feature for the digital library will still work, so I can get rid of old books without having to actually get rid of them.

Adding tags seems like the right way to do it, since you could potentially add multiple tags to any file and then list by tag. Like folders, but a bit more flexible and probably a lot easier to edit on-device. Maybe they'll hear enough user complaints to add it in a software update.

HarryT · 10-30-2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kezza

I may change my mind with the Nook, since I'll be using a device where I can't selectively sync just some of my books over at any time, they'll all be there always, and that could definitely get hairy.

Are you saying that you cannot manually add and remove books via USB?

kezza · 10-30-2009, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Are you saying that you cannot manually add and remove books via USB?

Well, I know you can manually add them, but what I don't know is if you can remove files downloaded to the device from B&N. I do know that Kindle 1 users will move books they're done with to a card, and archive them that way. I might go that route with the nook.

Amalthia · 10-30-2009, 03:24 PM

no folders/tags is a dealbreaker for me.

tuomas · 10-30-2009, 05:27 PM

Is this something that can be added on through a firmware upgrade?

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10-22-2009, 06:36 AM	#2
Badandy Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 13366 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Terminus Device: Kindle 3, iPhone	Not really a huge deal in my eyes because of the keyboard. It should be really quick to find books using that.

10-22-2009, 10:27 AM	#4
badbob001 Fanatic Posts: 556 Karma: 1102020 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kindle Keyboard (rip), Kindle Voyage, Fire Tablet 10 '17, iPad '19	Without folder support, we'll just have to spend more time making sure all our content has the correct meta data. I don't like it but I guess it forces us to be more organized and allows for faster searching. iTunes doesn't have folder support and many of us just put up with it. Same with gmail. It's probably not an issue for bought content, but user-generated stuff will require extra work. Certainly not for those just wishing to copy and paste all their files over...

10-22-2009, 10:37 AM	#5
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	No folders, would that mean you must place all your books in one folder or that it won't display folders, even if you put your books in folders (like the Mobipocket Mobile Reader software)? If it's the first, it's an absolute no-go for me.

10-22-2009, 04:18 PM	#7
nremondelli Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 52 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: none	What about page numbers? One of the things liked about the Sony but dislike about the Kindle is real page numbers.

10-29-2009, 04:21 PM	#10
CyGuy Avid Reader Posts: 769 Karma: 7777778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: PocketBook 902, Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, ASUS TF700, and Cybook Gen III	No folders = no sale

10-30-2009, 03:24 PM	#14
Amalthia Wizard Posts: 1,158 Karma: 32196 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Anchorage, AK Device: Sony Reader PRS-505, PRS-650, PRS-T3, Pocketbook HD2	no folders/tags is a dealbreaker for me.

10-30-2009, 05:27 PM	#15
tuomas Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA Device: nook	Is this something that can be added on through a firmware upgrade?