How to map to Onyx Boox "bookshelf" in Calibre

rsbrux · 05-16-2021, 08:58 AM

I am using Calibre 5.17 running under Windows 10 Pro x64 20H2 to manage eBooks on my new Onyx Boox Poke3 running Android 10.
Onyx has something they call a "bookshelf" which seems to work like a subfolder. I can add files on my Boox to a bookshelf after loading them onto the Poke3, but it would be much easier if I could do this in Calibre. In the Calibre UI I see "Collections", but these do not appear to map to anything on my device. I want to use my Boox for musical scores as well as eBooks, and need some way to group them separately. I thought that the Boox "bookshelf" would be the answer. How can I manage additions to Boox "bookshelves" in Calibre? Failing that, can I use "Collections" or some other construct that Calibre supports to group files on my device? What do more experienced users recommend?

yokos · 05-18-2021, 08:47 AM

Library has got two modes: scan mode & directory mode. You want to use the latter one. Press icon next to clock icon.

church mouse · 05-19-2021, 02:45 AM

If you want to mirror your Calibre organisation of your books, have you tried the Calibre Companion app for Android?

rsbrux · 06-13-2021, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yokos

Library has got two modes: scan mode & directory mode. You want to use the latter one. Press icon next to clock icon.

Thanks, I didn't know about this. However, the directory mode seems to be a list view of what is shown anyway under "Storage", so I don't see the added value.

Quote:

Originally Posted by church mouse

If you want to mirror your Calibre organisation of your books, have you tried the Calibre Companion app for Android?

I was hoping to get by without adding any apps other than those in the OnyxBoox App Store, but I guess I will break down and take a look at it.

Many thanks to both of you for responding! The Poke 3 is quite a bit more complicated than my old Sony PRS-300, but of course it can do a lot more; I have a lot to learn!

MustardOrMayo · 07-10-2021, 10:38 PM

Thanks! On Likebook, I was able to set Calibre Companion to create folders based on my custom 'collection' tag I created in Calibre, which would show up as collections in the Likebook library.

I recently got a Boox Poke2 Color and had been wondering why I wasn't able to get that feature to work, until I found this thread. It wasn't obvious to me unless I read the manual, which I didn't.

As others had mentioned, this 'folder view' seems to go from the root of the internal storage rather than from the 'Books' folder, but I've had to put up with a similar quirk on Likebook, where the root of the library view shows content on the built-in storage until I tap on the 'Books' collection that's located on the memory card (in turn a feature I wish the Boox Note series offered).

05-16-2021, 08:58 AM	#1
rsbrux Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: PRS-300 replaced by Onyx Boox Poke 3	How to map to Onyx Boox "bookshelf" in Calibre I am using Calibre 5.17 running under Windows 10 Pro x64 20H2 to manage eBooks on my new Onyx Boox Poke3 running Android 10. Onyx has something they call a "bookshelf" which seems to work like a subfolder. I can add files on my Boox to a bookshelf after loading them onto the Poke3, but it would be much easier if I could do this in Calibre. In the Calibre UI I see "Collections", but these do not appear to map to anything on my device. I want to use my Boox for musical scores as well as eBooks, and need some way to group them separately. I thought that the Boox "bookshelf" would be the answer. How can I manage additions to Boox "bookshelves" in Calibre? Failing that, can I use "Collections" or some other construct that Calibre supports to group files on my device? What do more experienced users recommend?

05-18-2021, 08:47 AM	#2
yokos Pac-Man caught my iLiad. Posts: 807 Karma: 3595 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany; next to Baltic Sea Device: Boox Max Lumi, iRex iLiad (RIP)	Library has got two modes: scan mode & directory mode. You want to use the latter one. Press icon next to clock icon. Last edited by yokos; 05-18-2021 at 08:50 AM.

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