Tip from Amazon for large numbers of titles.

chas0039 · 06-15-2011, 07:42 PM

I tried loading in 1000+ titles and promptly crashed my Kindle twice. Amazon says with large numbers, sub directories help, so for those of you with Calibre, this is exactly what you want. Oddly, this is exactly the opposite of what worked for the nook. Multiple sub directories on the nook caused massive delays where things were fine with 1000+ books in 4 directories.

AnemicOak · 06-15-2011, 07:57 PM

Strange, when the K3 first came out some folks reported exactly the opposite problem.

Keep in mind if loading those 1,000+ titles all at once you'll notice some terrible battery life until the Kindle has indexed them all. Indexing this number all at once can also cause the Kindle to freeze and/or reboot.

DiapDealer · 06-15-2011, 08:02 PM

Slow and steady wins the race when adding books.

lestatar · 06-15-2011, 10:25 PM

^ +1
This is the case as well with stuff like mp3 players and such.

Cramming too many cars into a tunnel at the same time usually results in bad things happening.

I totally understand the POV that one should be able to do this sort of thing, but I think it is always best to copy content over in reasonable chunks.

Good info on the Kindle though, especially if it is happiest with subdirectories.

tubemonkey · 06-16-2011, 12:18 AM

My organization is quite simple. I organize by collections and only have 21 titles loaded:

audiobooks - 2 titles
ebooks - 7 titles
games - 9 games
references - 3 titles (user guide, 2 dictionaries)

I usually load less than 10 ebooks, because new books are readily available from my archives via WiFi.

06-15-2011, 07:42 PM	#1
chas0039 Sceptic Posts: 573 Karma: 73436 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Lake Device: rooted Nooks, retired. JetBook Lite, Kindle 3, 4, Kobo Nia, Libra H2O.	Tip from Amazon for large numbers of titles. I tried loading in 1000+ titles and promptly crashed my Kindle twice. Amazon says with large numbers, sub directories help, so for those of you with Calibre, this is exactly what you want. Oddly, this is exactly the opposite of what worked for the nook. Multiple sub directories on the nook caused massive delays where things were fine with 1000+ books in 4 directories.

06-16-2011, 12:18 AM	#5
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,762 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	My organization is quite simple. I organize by collections and only have 21 titles loaded: audiobooks - 2 titles ebooks - 7 titles games - 9 games references - 3 titles (user guide, 2 dictionaries) I usually load less than 10 ebooks, because new books are readily available from my archives via WiFi.

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06-15-2011, 07:57 PM	#2
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Strange, when the K3 first came out some folks reported exactly the opposite problem. Keep in mind if loading those 1,000+ titles all at once you'll notice some terrible battery life until the Kindle has indexed them all. Indexing this number all at once can also cause the Kindle to freeze and/or reboot.

06-15-2011, 08:02 PM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,561 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Slow and steady wins the race when adding books.

06-15-2011, 10:25 PM	#4
lestatar LB's lolz Mutt Minion Posts: 2,902 Karma: 5700001 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hong Kong now but NYC forever Device: Kindle3, GalaxyTab, BB Bold9700, BB 8300, Sony Clie, Palm Vx, Palm III	^ +1 This is the case as well with stuff like mp3 players and such. Cramming too many cars into a tunnel at the same time usually results in bad things happening. I totally understand the POV that one should be able to do this sort of thing, but I think it is always best to copy content over in reasonable chunks. Good info on the Kindle though, especially if it is happiest with subdirectories.

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