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Collections Manager
Version 2.8.1
Collections Manager offers a much more flexible way than the built-in one to manage Kindle Touch and Kindle PaperWhite collections. Here's an (old) screenshot of what it looks like on a Kindle Touch with Firmware 5.1.x; the second picture is annotated with descriptions. The third picture shows the new entry format on a Kindle Paperwhite with Firmware 5.3.x, using the russian localization. Features:
Requirements:
Installation: Make sure that all requirements are met; download and extract the attached file, and copy the contained CollectionsManager.azw2 to the "documents" folder on the Kindle. Troubleshooting: Spoiler:
Localization: Spoiler:
Upgrade Notes: Spoiler:
Version history / release announcements / change log: Spoiler:
Acknowledgements: Special thanks to the following people:
Notes on Calibre Synchronization:
Other Notes:
Source code: https://bitbucket.org/ixtab/ktcollectionsmgr/ & https://bitbucket.org/NiLuJe/ktcollectionsmgr/. Totally Off-Topic: Spoiler:
License, Redistribution and Links: Collections Manager is released as Free and Open Source Software, under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License. You are free to share all Collections Manager files in whichever way you want. However, note that the links provided here are not necessarily stable. In other words: do not distribute direct download links to the files, but link to this post instead. If you like Collections Manager: I sincerely hope that you find this program useful. If you like the enhancements that it offers to your Kindle experience, you are more than welcome to donate a little something... but don't give your money to me. Please donate for a much more important cause, namely: for a Literacy project in Laos. You will make not only me happy. Thank you! NEWER VERSIONS As I'm not regularly updating this post anymore, it can be difficult to find versions that support newer firmwares (they're attached to various posts in this thread). Here's a wiki page that attempts to provide the downloads in one place. Please edit that page whenever you add a new version -- thanks! ==> DOWNLOADS Last edited by ixtab; 11-13-2017 at 06:49 AM. Reason: v2.8.1 |
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![]() Thank YOU!!! This is exactly what I have wanted since I got my kindle. Thanks so much. ![]() |
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Thanks you! works fine for me
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I have no words to say how up to the point you got here !
It´s perfect , even for the mostly graphic interface ! Is universal too ! wait for the amazon guys to see this heheheh ... . Seems it is working quite smooth here , and my library is full til the neck ! Worked better than every single tool I´ve tried so far ! Congrats ! --- thinking about , it could a hint over those icos too ![]() Last edited by TulseLuper; 07-28-2012 at 12:17 AM. |
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thank you, this is one of the most useful homebrewed feature
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Good to see that this is appreciated.
![]() @TulseLuper: as to the hints, I have added a commented "help" screenshot to the first post... Oh... woohoo! Thanks to a generous donor, I have now reached 100000 Karma! ![]() |
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![]() Really great job ! And you got me those help screenshot! Please pack it up togheter with the azw will help a lot of people. Now you have a trully Mayan Goddess's karma ! Namaste ! ![]() |
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thanks mate
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Awesome! Would an import/export feature be doable? Preferably in the 'usual' json collection format, that would make it able to be used with the calibre kindle collections plug in with a few tweaks ;-).
I'd take a look at the sources, but the git repo is private on bb ;-). |
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While I did think about a whether a "two-way synchronization" could be done (and would have implemented it if it were sure to work), there is a reason why I only created an "import", but not an "export" feature: collections are completely "virtual", in the sense that they don't impact the file system in any way. Providing an equivalent "export" option (sort of the "inverse function" of the import option) would modify files and directories all over the place, potentially leading to a complete misbehaviour of the Kindle ![]() Importing or exporting JSON is, of course, no problem at all. The problem is that changes to the filesystem (may) have a big impact on other components that I'm currently unable to control -- in fact, I don't even know which components are really involved. Quote:
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@ixtab: Err, not sure I was clear enough
![]() I was thinking specifically of importing/exporting just a simple json representation of the collections db, preferably in the same format used on previous Kindles (which is, AFAIU, still used on the Touch, only meshed with a sqlite db), not of reorganizing the documents FS layout to match the collections db ![]() ![]() Last edited by NiLuJe; 07-28-2012 at 12:02 PM. |
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Is there any way to do this without jailbreaking?
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