Which new ereaders have folder structure for sideloaded books?

[mimosavj]

Hi

One of the features I really like about the PRS 650 with PRS+ is the ability to load ebooks in my own folder structure. I'm looking for a new ereader to replace the PRS 650. Out of the following: Kobo Aura 6", Sony PRS T3, and maybe Kindle PW2, which one has a folder structure for sideloaded books?

Thanks
mimosa

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by mimosavj

Out of the following: Kobo Aura 6", Sony PRS T3, and maybe Kindle PW2, which one has a folder structure for sideloaded books?

None. They all have similar tag systems (collections, shelves), but not a directory structure. For that type of feature you'll need to look at devices from Bookeen, Onyx & PocketBook (there are probably others). IIRC you can do folders on the Nook too (rumors are a new one is coming soon).



Some Devs do have CoolReader running on Kobo devices which might give you access to a directory structure and I think this might have been done for Kindle as well, but I'm not 100% sure and I'm not sure at what stage of development/stability these projects are at.

[maslow]

@mimosavj

Look at this thread on the news forum on mobileread.
It's about the Icarus Illumina HD
On icarusreader.com you can find the manual, where on page 19 they talk about 'menu functions'. Maybe that's what you are looking for?

They ship abroad, our Icarus pocket was sent to France: no problem.

Good luck

[mimosavj]

Thank you for your information but I'm very reluctant to buy any ereader from another country due to the lack of warranty. Maybe I should wait for the new Nook, my mom has an old Nook touch and it does support folder structure in a very inelegant way. Well...

Thanks anyway.
mimosa

[kacir]

Originally Posted by mimosavj

which one has a folder structure for sideloaded books?

PocketBook 623 Touch Lux.
Front-lit display, very wide format support, many configurations options, folder structure, user-generated dictionaries, your owns fonts and formatting and lots more.
It is not sold in USA. Not officially.

[mimosavj]

Originally Posted by kacir

PocketBook 623 Touch Lux.
Front-lit display, very wide format support, many configurations options, folder structure, user-generated dictionaries, your owns fonts and formatting and lots more.
It is not sold in USA. Not officially.

The "not sold in USA" is the problem. I used to have a PB360 and loved it until I moved to a bigger screen. I loved every software feature of the PB, especially my sheep wallpaper, absolutely beautiful, and also the fact that everytime the PB360 screen froze, I just took out the battery and replugged it in, and voila it worked again (non other ebook readers allow that). Sigh!! If PocketBook 623 Touch Lux comes to the USA, I might be very tempted to try it again.

[kacir]

Originally Posted by mimosavj

The "not sold in USA" is the problem. I used to have a PB360 and loved it until I moved to a bigger screen. I loved every software feature of the PB, especially my sheep wallpaper, absolutely beautiful, and also the fact that everytime the PB360 screen froze, I just took out the battery and replugged it in, and voila it worked again (non other ebook readers allow that). Sigh!! If PocketBook 623 Touch Lux comes to the USA, I might be very tempted to try it again.

You might remember we have bitterly complained that PB sold their readers (PB360) much cheaper in USA than here in Europe and especially in Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia ...
It was extremely unfair for them to make Ukrainians and Russians pay much more (and possibly even sponsor units for USA market), because income of an average working person in former socialistic country is significantly lower than in USA.
PocketBook solved the problem by leaving the US market. Not being able to compete against Amazon, Kobo, Sony and Barns and Noble on sheer price might have played some role too ;-). Technologically, PocketBooks were one of the very best readers, but most people do not research what they buy, they simply choose the cheapest unit. Or best advertised one.

On the newest models you can't remove battery anymore, but so far I haven't used even a reset button. Despite my wild tests and playing with all sorts of stuff on my reader.
And it still has features that no other reader can offer. Like multitasking. Yes, you can have several books (plus browser and a few other apps) opened at the same time and switch between them quickly.