PRS-650 Mark all as read/Mark as unread

mornington · 12-23-2010, 02:25 PM

Is there any way to make the predefined "Unread books" collection actually useful on the PRS-650 by marking all books as read and/or marking as "unread" a specific book which has been auto-marked as "read", so that it appears in that collection?

mornington · 12-23-2010, 02:27 PM

Just re-read my opening post and it sounds confusing (too much read/unread), so:

What I'd like to do is to mark everything on the reader as "unread" (thus emptying the predefined "Unread books" collection) and then to mark specific books I'm planning to read soon as "unread", so that that collection contains *just* those books and no others.

I know I can create my own "Books to read next" collection, and that's what I'm doing now. It'd just be nice if I could use the predefined collection instead, and incidentally strip off all of those "NEW!" icons from the book covers of everything I've just loaded onto the reader.

SeaBookGuy · 12-23-2010, 02:37 PM

Some of us would love to be able to change that status on books - or do away with the feature altogether - but we're stuck with it the way it is.

I've accidentally opened books (esp the one right under "see all" on the home screen!), and been forced to delete and re-load it.

Frankly, I'd love an option of deciding whether I want the about-to-transfer books to go at the front, or the back, of the entire holdings.

digital_steve · 12-23-2010, 04:11 PM

+1 here... i'd like to be able to choose

palo · 07-04-2011, 09:38 PM

Any update on this "feature"

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elcreative · 07-04-2011, 10:23 PM

You could try looking at this thread that is stickied at the top of this Sony forum: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=107826

It may help...

Sweetpea · 07-05-2011, 05:55 AM

I gave up on that "collection". And made my own, handled by Calibre. A nice side-effect is that I have now an "Unread", a "Reading" and a "Read' collection

Ripplinger · 07-05-2011, 10:43 AM

I use the Order Books tool that goaspy kindly shared with us, it works great. And within Calibre, instead of a collection denoting books I've read, I added an extra custom column entitled "Read" where I just toggle it to "yes" when I've finished a book and a checkmark will appear in that custom column.

12-23-2010, 02:25 PM	#1
mornington Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 732 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650	Mark all as read/Mark as unread Is there any way to make the predefined "Unread books" collection actually useful on the PRS-650 by marking all books as read and/or marking as "unread" a specific book which has been auto-marked as "read", so that it appears in that collection?

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12-23-2010, 02:27 PM	#2
mornington Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 732 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650	Just re-read my opening post and it sounds confusing (too much read/unread), so: What I'd like to do is to mark everything on the reader as "unread" (thus emptying the predefined "Unread books" collection) and then to mark specific books I'm planning to read soon as "unread", so that that collection contains just those books and no others. I know I can create my own "Books to read next" collection, and that's what I'm doing now. It'd just be nice if I could use the predefined collection instead, and incidentally strip off all of those "NEW!" icons from the book covers of everything I've just loaded onto the reader.

12-23-2010, 02:37 PM	#3
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,015 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	Some of us would love to be able to change that status on books - or do away with the feature altogether - but we're stuck with it the way it is. I've accidentally opened books (esp the one right under "see all" on the home screen!), and been forced to delete and re-load it. Frankly, I'd love an option of deciding whether I want the about-to-transfer books to go at the front, or the back, of the entire holdings.

12-23-2010, 04:11 PM	#4
digital_steve Muppet Posts: 240 Karma: 442 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tasmania Device: Kobo Aura HD, Sony PRS-650	+1 here... i'd like to be able to choose

07-04-2011, 09:38 PM	#5
palo Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 28 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Sony T2	Any update on this "feature" p

07-04-2011, 10:23 PM	#6
elcreative Wizard Posts: 2,888 Karma: 5875940 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: PRS505, 600, 350, 650, Nexus 7, Note III, iPad 4 etc	You could try looking at this thread that is stickied at the top of this Sony forum: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=107826 It may help...

07-05-2011, 05:55 AM	#7
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I gave up on that "collection". And made my own, handled by Calibre. A nice side-effect is that I have now an "Unread", a "Reading" and a "Read' collection

07-05-2011, 10:43 AM	#8
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	I use the Order Books tool that goaspy kindly shared with us, it works great. And within Calibre, instead of a collection denoting books I've read, I added an extra custom column entitled "Read" where I just toggle it to "yes" when I've finished a book and a checkmark will appear in that custom column.

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