Are Some Characters a No-No in a BookTitle

CyberSmoke53 · 01-15-2010, 01:38 PM

I am a fairly new owner of a JetBook Lite. I have the upgrade V.015 firmware installed. The other night I tried to open a file I had transferred from my pc into an ebook folder on an SD card I am using for the Jetbook lite. The 1st time I have selected this ePub formatted book (no DRM) the jetbook gave an error message - file corrupted. So I backed out and tried to delete the book so I could retransfer it using Calibre. I couldn't Delete it! I removed the SD Card and tried via cardreader/windows. Windows said the file was deleted but when I tried to remove the damaged folder windows said couldn't delete because the folder had files. The deleted file(s) kept coming back!

I finally had to backup the SD card all folders/files except the bad one and then reformatted the SD to get rid of the bad stuff.

The file/folder name had a title similar to this: Lite Reading Book (Vol. 1), J. J. Smith.epub Lite Reading Book (Vol. 1), J. J. Smith.jpg Lite Reading Book (Vol. 1), J. J. Smith.opg where I had downloaded info from metadata bases and Calibre had updated titles with the info.

Are their some characters, naming conventions that are no-no's with Linux? I have only worked with Windows or IBM OS's and not so much with Linux?

Does the JetBook require a particular way to name stuff. My HP Ipaq never did care what I named stuff but then it has Windows Mobile on it.

Thanks!

Karen

GhostHawk · 01-15-2010, 11:50 PM

I suspect the length may be your problem, I think its just longer than it can handle.

Try renaming the folder " Smith, JJ and I think your problems will go away.
I keep mine short, sweet, and then remove the authors name from the book title.
As I know what author it is by the folder.

I really probably should take a look at Calibre, but if it makes incredibly long complicated file names like that I really not interested.

gr8npwrfl · 01-16-2010, 12:29 AM

Definitely look at Calibre, it is like the program was designed for the Jetbook. It puts all an authors work in a single folder so you do not need the authors name in the title.

I have 20 books by one author and they are all in a single folder with the authors name.

Calibre did that organization for me automatically

GhostHawk · 01-16-2010, 03:43 PM

Downloaded, installing now.

01-15-2010, 01:38 PM	#1
CyberSmoke53 Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 480454 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Georgia , USA Device: NookColor Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	Are Some Characters a No-No in a BookTitle I am a fairly new owner of a JetBook Lite. I have the upgrade V.015 firmware installed. The other night I tried to open a file I had transferred from my pc into an ebook folder on an SD card I am using for the Jetbook lite. The 1st time I have selected this ePub formatted book (no DRM) the jetbook gave an error message - file corrupted. So I backed out and tried to delete the book so I could retransfer it using Calibre. I couldn't Delete it! I removed the SD Card and tried via cardreader/windows. Windows said the file was deleted but when I tried to remove the damaged folder windows said couldn't delete because the folder had files. The deleted file(s) kept coming back! I finally had to backup the SD card all folders/files except the bad one and then reformatted the SD to get rid of the bad stuff. The file/folder name had a title similar to this: Lite Reading Book (Vol. 1), J. J. Smith.epub Lite Reading Book (Vol. 1), J. J. Smith.jpg Lite Reading Book (Vol. 1), J. J. Smith.opg where I had downloaded info from metadata bases and Calibre had updated titles with the info. Are their some characters, naming conventions that are no-no's with Linux? I have only worked with Windows or IBM OS's and not so much with Linux? Does the JetBook require a particular way to name stuff. My HP Ipaq never did care what I named stuff but then it has Windows Mobile on it. Thanks! Karen

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01-15-2010, 11:50 PM	#2
GhostHawk Data Privateer! Posts: 586 Karma: 62887 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fargo ND Device: Ectaco Jetbook& Jetbook Lite	I suspect the length may be your problem, I think its just longer than it can handle. Try renaming the folder " Smith, JJ and I think your problems will go away. I keep mine short, sweet, and then remove the authors name from the book title. As I know what author it is by the folder. I really probably should take a look at Calibre, but if it makes incredibly long complicated file names like that I really not interested.

01-16-2010, 12:29 AM	#3
gr8npwrfl The Wizard of OZ Posts: 143 Karma: 434 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern California Device: Jetbook Ipod Touch Wind Netbook	Definitely look at Calibre, it is like the program was designed for the Jetbook. It puts all an authors work in a single folder so you do not need the authors name in the title. I have 20 books by one author and they are all in a single folder with the authors name. Calibre did that organization for me automatically

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GhostHawk Data Privateer! Posts: 586 Karma: 62887 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fargo ND Device: Ectaco Jetbook& Jetbook Lite	Downloaded, installing now.

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