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#41
ePub Reader / Re: Elibrary Basic only loads ...
Last post by kweckwor - April 06, 2020, 11:59:16 AMHi Mathius,
The 500 book limit is just the limit I put on the Book Lists that you have available by default. As you mention, you can create your own Book Lists that have a larger (or no) limit, but there is a standard Book List called "All Books" that will use the eLibrary Setting "Limit" as the upper limit for the list. To enable this Book List, do the following:
There are also many other ways you can navigate your library to find books. You can use the "Search" feature to find books easily. Just enter keywords you want to search against. If the keyword (or keywords) match against any of the author, title, or description metadata/book info, the search result will list those matching books. The "Search" feature uses the same search expressions that you can use when you define your own custom Book Lists. If you find yourself doing the same "Searches" over and over again, you can create a custom Book List to do that search a little easier.
You can use fairly complex search expression, but the easiest way to search is by simply entering keywords. But if you are interested in exploring more complicated search expressions, you can find information about the query language in the online documentation at https://kpwsite.com/home/content/eLibrary/guide_search.html with examples.
If you have the Full version of the app, there is a Book Info Browser as well that allows you to navigate your library based on author, category, ratings (and more).
The 500 book limit is just the limit I put on the Book Lists that you have available by default. As you mention, you can create your own Book Lists that have a larger (or no) limit, but there is a standard Book List called "All Books" that will use the eLibrary Setting "Limit" as the upper limit for the list. To enable this Book List, do the following:
- Open eLibrary Settings in the "Settings" tab and edit the "Book Lists" setting. Add list "All Books" to the selected list. You can move it to the first position if you like and remove the "My Books" list if you don't want that to appear any longer.
- Update the "Limit" setting to a larger value (say 1000) or just clear the setting out to apply no limit.
- Save the changes. Now you'll be able to select the "All Books" Book List and see all of your books.
There are also many other ways you can navigate your library to find books. You can use the "Search" feature to find books easily. Just enter keywords you want to search against. If the keyword (or keywords) match against any of the author, title, or description metadata/book info, the search result will list those matching books. The "Search" feature uses the same search expressions that you can use when you define your own custom Book Lists. If you find yourself doing the same "Searches" over and over again, you can create a custom Book List to do that search a little easier.
You can use fairly complex search expression, but the easiest way to search is by simply entering keywords. But if you are interested in exploring more complicated search expressions, you can find information about the query language in the online documentation at https://kpwsite.com/home/content/eLibrary/guide_search.html with examples.
If you have the Full version of the app, there is a Book Info Browser as well that allows you to navigate your library based on author, category, ratings (and more).
#42
ePub Reader / Elibrary Basic only loads 500 ...
Last post by Mathius - April 06, 2020, 03:09:34 AMSo as the title says.... I recently added a bunch of books to my Fire Tablet from my PC and did a Scan as I've always done.
I was troubled to realize I could no longer locate the book I had been in the middle of reading. I know some of my epub files have some organizational issues... some of the authors are actually some of the book titles, some authors are last name first, some are first name first, etc.
Then I realized at the top of the app it says, "My Books (500 of 641)"
I cannot seem to find a way to go to another page. I do see where I can organize my books into lists, which may be a workaround, but how can I go beyond this 500 book limit?
Is this something that is available in the paid version? I have no problems paying the $2.00 for the upgraded version as I think this is a fantastic program if it will solve this issue.
I can find nothing on the App store page that tells what exactly the upgraded version does, nor do I see any mention of the 500 book limit on either page.
I suppose this information might be in the 3 tutorials, but they're extremely long and haven't been updated since 2013 so I didn't watch them.
Also, is it really necessary to do an image verification and sentence riddle for every post? I mean I did that when I signed up in the first place.
I was troubled to realize I could no longer locate the book I had been in the middle of reading. I know some of my epub files have some organizational issues... some of the authors are actually some of the book titles, some authors are last name first, some are first name first, etc.
Then I realized at the top of the app it says, "My Books (500 of 641)"
I cannot seem to find a way to go to another page. I do see where I can organize my books into lists, which may be a workaround, but how can I go beyond this 500 book limit?
Is this something that is available in the paid version? I have no problems paying the $2.00 for the upgraded version as I think this is a fantastic program if it will solve this issue.
I can find nothing on the App store page that tells what exactly the upgraded version does, nor do I see any mention of the 500 book limit on either page.
I suppose this information might be in the 3 tutorials, but they're extremely long and haven't been updated since 2013 so I didn't watch them.
Also, is it really necessary to do an image verification and sentence riddle for every post? I mean I did that when I signed up in the first place.
#43
eLibrary Manager / Re: Issue with adding books [d...
Last post by errantaspiration - January 07, 2020, 02:42:26 AMAh, that's very good to know for the future! Thank you for the thorough response. 
#44
eLibrary Manager / Re: Issue with adding books [d...
Last post by kweckwor - January 06, 2020, 04:00:37 AMIf a book file path changes as a result of the folder restructure (which I assume it would), then the progress will be lost. The book progress is associated with a specific book and changing a book file path effectively results in a new book.
I understand that you are using eLibrary Manager Basic, but just so you know, in the full version, book position for the last 20 books opened (configurable, so it can be set higher) is saved based on book title and author(s). In that case, if a book file path changes, then as long as the title and authors remain the same, the first time the new book is opened in the reader, it would open at the last reading position (and therefore restore the progress).
So I guess the bottom line is that, in the basic version, there is no way to easily carry over book position and progress if the book file is moved to a new folder in the device file system. In the full version, you could carry over the last 20 opened book positions (and progress) as long as each of those books is opened in the reader which would restore the last position.
I understand that you are using eLibrary Manager Basic, but just so you know, in the full version, book position for the last 20 books opened (configurable, so it can be set higher) is saved based on book title and author(s). In that case, if a book file path changes, then as long as the title and authors remain the same, the first time the new book is opened in the reader, it would open at the last reading position (and therefore restore the progress).
So I guess the bottom line is that, in the basic version, there is no way to easily carry over book position and progress if the book file is moved to a new folder in the device file system. In the full version, you could carry over the last 20 opened book positions (and progress) as long as each of those books is opened in the reader which would restore the last position.
#45
eLibrary Manager / Re: Issue with adding books [d...
Last post by errantaspiration - January 05, 2020, 10:57:15 PMI'm afraid I have a follow-up question.
Is there a simple way to preserve or carry-over book progress when restructuring folders? I can pen and paper it if need be, thought I'd ask though.
Is there a simple way to preserve or carry-over book progress when restructuring folders? I can pen and paper it if need be, thought I'd ask though.
#46
eLibrary Manager / Re: Issue with adding books [d...
Last post by errantaspiration - January 05, 2020, 10:06:52 PMThank you for responding so quickly. I double checked the doc folder for duplicate files but there don't appear any.
Howev, after mussing with scan settings a bit, I think you've hit on it, and it's something to do with the fires extremely funky way of organizing things (in one instance, it seems to have stored 8 separate copies of a book across my device?? strange.).
I'll try an explorer utility and see if I can fix the duplication there, it figures it's the kindle. Thing's a menace.
Thank you again for the promptness and the great app!
Howev, after mussing with scan settings a bit, I think you've hit on it, and it's something to do with the fires extremely funky way of organizing things (in one instance, it seems to have stored 8 separate copies of a book across my device?? strange.).
I'll try an explorer utility and see if I can fix the duplication there, it figures it's the kindle. Thing's a menace.
Thank you again for the promptness and the great app!
#47
eLibrary Manager / Re: Issue with adding books [d...
Last post by kweckwor - January 05, 2020, 02:34:23 PMOn re-reading the original post, I wanted to mention a couple of extra things.
By "onboard file explorer", you might have meant an external file explorer from which you can launch the reader of your choice, as opposed to a "file explorer" view in the eLibrary Manager app itself. You're correct that an external file explorer will likely allow you to launch my reader. I don't know what file explorers are available in the Amazon App Store, but I would suspect there should be a number to choose from.
One more thing to mention is that, by removing a book entry from your eLibaray Manager library does not delete the underlying book file. It simply removes the app record for it. Performing a scan again will add the record back. So if you don't want a book to reappear on every scan, you would need to delete the underlying book file so a subsequent scan won't find it. You can do that with a file explorer on the device, if you have one installed, or if not, you should be able to do the same by connecting your device to a PC over USB so that you see the device shared storage as a drive on your PC.
One of the fundamental principles of my app is that it never touches book files on your device. It simply allows you to have access to files that have been externally copied to the device, but it never updates or deletes those files.
By "onboard file explorer", you might have meant an external file explorer from which you can launch the reader of your choice, as opposed to a "file explorer" view in the eLibrary Manager app itself. You're correct that an external file explorer will likely allow you to launch my reader. I don't know what file explorers are available in the Amazon App Store, but I would suspect there should be a number to choose from.
One more thing to mention is that, by removing a book entry from your eLibaray Manager library does not delete the underlying book file. It simply removes the app record for it. Performing a scan again will add the record back. So if you don't want a book to reappear on every scan, you would need to delete the underlying book file so a subsequent scan won't find it. You can do that with a file explorer on the device, if you have one installed, or if not, you should be able to do the same by connecting your device to a PC over USB so that you see the device shared storage as a drive on your PC.
One of the fundamental principles of my app is that it never touches book files on your device. It simply allows you to have access to files that have been externally copied to the device, but it never updates or deletes those files.
#48
eLibrary Manager / Re: Issue with adding books [d...
Last post by kweckwor - January 05, 2020, 02:22:15 PMEach entry in the app library represents a separate file with a distinct file path. If you're seeing what looks like duplicate entries for the same book, then that probably means you have multiple files for the same book on your device. You can see the file path in the Book Information view, so check that for each of the duplicate entries to see if the File Path value is different for each duplicate. By default you should see File Path in the Book Info view, but if not, you can enable that in the eLibrary Settings "Book Info Properties" setting by adding "File Path" to the selected properties.
With respect to your mention of "an onboard file explorer", the full version of the app includes a Book Info Browser which allows you to browse your library based on different metadata/book info criteria. One browsing criteria available is File Path, so that gives you a way to navigate the file system to see the books loaded in your library. This feature isn't available in the Basic app though.
With respect to your mention of "an onboard file explorer", the full version of the app includes a Book Info Browser which allows you to browse your library based on different metadata/book info criteria. One browsing criteria available is File Path, so that gives you a way to navigate the file system to see the books loaded in your library. This feature isn't available in the Basic app though.
#49
eLibrary Manager / Issue with adding books [dupli...
Last post by errantaspiration - January 05, 2020, 02:35:23 AMI've been running into an issue and I can't seem to find anything in the documentation about it, so thought I'd ask here.
I'm on a 5th gen Kindle Fire, ftr, using the basic version of the app available through the kindle app store.
So what I'm running into is this:
The fire is super restrictive and doesn't allow some (many) files to be recognized and opened by programs, seemingly by caprice, which forces the exclusive use of the scan feature - as a note if there is an onboard file explorer I can't find it, but that would solve it too I guess, I didn't see anything noting that in the documentation either tho - ANYWAY.
Yeah. Copies of a bunch of em, every time. I remove and do clean up but as my.library grows it becomes less manageable, and I thought I should mention it since maybe there's a simple fix I'm overlooking. Or I found a bug, either way.
It's not even all my books is funny thing. Really curious if anyone has any idea why that might be.
Thanks for any help or insight, appreciate it.
I'm on a 5th gen Kindle Fire, ftr, using the basic version of the app available through the kindle app store.
So what I'm running into is this:
The fire is super restrictive and doesn't allow some (many) files to be recognized and opened by programs, seemingly by caprice, which forces the exclusive use of the scan feature - as a note if there is an onboard file explorer I can't find it, but that would solve it too I guess, I didn't see anything noting that in the documentation either tho - ANYWAY.
Yeah. Copies of a bunch of em, every time. I remove and do clean up but as my.library grows it becomes less manageable, and I thought I should mention it since maybe there's a simple fix I'm overlooking. Or I found a bug, either way.
It's not even all my books is funny thing. Really curious if anyone has any idea why that might be.
Thanks for any help or insight, appreciate it.
#50
ePub Reader / Re: Letters in night mode are ...
Last post by kweckwor - January 03, 2019, 10:31:46 PMHi Peregrina and anyone else who might be interested in this topic,
Just a quick update. I've got a fix that I'm happy with and I'll be releasing it soon (version 4.1.1). I just need to test things out a little more thoroughly, and if that goes well, then I should be able to release within a week or so.
Karl
Just a quick update. I've got a fix that I'm happy with and I'll be releasing it soon (version 4.1.1). I just need to test things out a little more thoroughly, and if that goes well, then I should be able to release within a week or so.
Karl