How can I easily find books from KOReader?

Alex305 · 05-03-2022, 05:49 PM

Hi guys I'm new to use KOReader, I like it lots settings and more(maybe too much for me

) any way as the title, how can I easily find books from KOReader

Because fo far I must enter into the folder downloads and find by title ...lots steps before find a book, maybe there is some cool plugin to let easier the research and more userfriendly .

I mean like file browser, something to search by author , gender, ecc..like Kindle library stock software for example could be nice.

Thanks

thundermonkey · 06-23-2022, 10:10 PM

A bit late response: if you make use of Calibre - to tag your books, load them onto your Paperwhite, and transfer over metadata - the KOReader browsing options become vastly superior to the Kindle stock options.

Calibre loads books on the device under author folders (by default), so the KOReader filebrowser allows you to easily browse by author's last name.
The 'Calibre metadata search' feature allows you to 'Browse tags'. If you preface the most useful tags with a character (e.g. #Fiction-Historical, #Science) and limit the number of these tags, you get them listed in the first few pages of your tag browsing. To browse by gender include tags like #Female.
You can also 'Browse series' via metadata search.

I don't know of a built-in way to browse by title, but you can use the 'file search' feature to look for a period, and the result will be a list of all your book files in alphabetical order. If Calibre names the book files on the device with their title first, this produces a sorted list of titles. Although there is no ability to then jump to a particular letter, you can jump to a page of that list.

dandrumheller · 12-30-2024, 01:35 PM

Sorry for the necro-post,but as a new KOReader user, my biggest (but tolerable) disappointment with the reader was having to go through the file system to find books. THANK YOU for posting this! I manage my library in Calibre so all the title/author/series metadata is already done. This is a great way to search my books.

Gormagon · 12-31-2024, 06:45 AM

If you see the house icon, "KOReader Home" and "+" on top in the app you can click on the "+" and then choose the folder with your ebooks and set this as "HOME folder".

There's also the user guide: https://koreader.rocks/user_guide/
Plus there's the wiki: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki

What I dislike about KOReader is that it's rather slow showing all the book covers plus I can't scroll in the home folder view but have to swipe.
I like Libera (librera.mobi) more, it's much faster in the library view and I can just scroll through the cover list. Plus I can use dictionaries in the same file format as with KOReader via the app ColorDict.

05-03-2022, 05:49 PM	#1
Alex305 Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 186172 Join Date: Apr 2022 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 11Th	How can I easily find books from KOReader? Hi guys I'm new to use KOReader, I like it lots settings and more(maybe too much for me ) any way as the title, how can I easily find books from KOReader Because fo far I must enter into the folder downloads and find by title ...lots steps before find a book, maybe there is some cool plugin to let easier the research and more userfriendly . I mean like file browser, something to search by author , gender, ecc..like Kindle library stock software for example could be nice. Thanks

06-23-2022, 10:10 PM	#2
thundermonkey Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: PW3, PW4, PW5	A bit late response: if you make use of Calibre - to tag your books, load them onto your Paperwhite, and transfer over metadata - the KOReader browsing options become vastly superior to the Kindle stock options. Calibre loads books on the device under author folders (by default), so the KOReader filebrowser allows you to easily browse by author's last name. The 'Calibre metadata search' feature allows you to 'Browse tags'. If you preface the most useful tags with a character (e.g. #Fiction-Historical, #Science) and limit the number of these tags, you get them listed in the first few pages of your tag browsing. To browse by gender include tags like #Female. You can also 'Browse series' via metadata search. I don't know of a built-in way to browse by title, but you can use the 'file search' feature to look for a period, and the result will be a list of all your book files in alphabetical order. If Calibre names the book files on the device with their title first, this produces a sorted list of titles. Although there is no ability to then jump to a particular letter, you can jump to a page of that list.

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12-30-2024, 01:35 PM	#3
dandrumheller Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2024 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	Sorry for the necro-post,but as a new KOReader user, my biggest (but tolerable) disappointment with the reader was having to go through the file system to find books. THANK YOU for posting this! I manage my library in Calibre so all the title/author/series metadata is already done. This is a great way to search my books.

12-31-2024, 06:45 AM	#4
Gormagon monstrous mythical beast Posts: 52 Karma: 3494030 Join Date: May 2023 Device: Tab Ultra C, Meebook P78 Pro, TCL 50 Pro Nxtpaper, TCL Nxtpaper11	If you see the house icon, "KOReader Home" and "+" on top in the app you can click on the "+" and then choose the folder with your ebooks and set this as "HOME folder". There's also the user guide: https://koreader.rocks/user_guide/ Plus there's the wiki: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki What I dislike about KOReader is that it's rather slow showing all the book covers plus I can't scroll in the home folder view but have to swipe. I like Libera (librera.mobi) more, it's much faster in the library view and I can just scroll through the cover list. Plus I can use dictionaries in the same file format as with KOReader via the app ColorDict.

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