Folders on the way in 2010?

[Chris W]

Just saw this on my Facebook feed (from the Kindle Fan Page)

Amazon Kindle - Kindle Customers, We have heard from many of you that you would like to have a better way to organize your growing Kindle libraries. We are currently working on a solution that will allow you to organize your Kindle libraries. We will be releasing this functionality as an over-the-air software update as soon as it is ready, in the first half of next year. - The Kindle Team
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amazon-Kindle/14408401557

[Prazzie]

I'm not good with folders.  I make too many folders.

But I know you all are foaming at the mouth for them, so yay for you!

[Chris W]

I'm not good with folders.  I make too many folders.

But I know you all are foaming at the mouth for them, so yay for you!

Actually, I meant to point out that they did not specifically say the word folders, just that they would offer an organizational method. Either way, it's good to know they are listening to their customer feedback.

[meljackson]

I just saw this on facebook myself! Cooool!! Any kind of organization abilities has to be a good thing

Melissa

[drenee]

Wow....that's great. 
deb

[Angela]

I would just be happy if I could specify which books to show on my home page. I have a K1 and would love to be able to show just the SD card or just the memory or just the Samples. Probably won't matter what update is coming, I am sure it will only be for the K2. I got tired of waiting for some type of organization and just created my own with a spreadsheet.

[JeanneB]

I would love folders.... this mixed up method of "filing" drives me crazy.  I like to keep it all organized..Can't wait!

[Harvey]

My guess (and it's pure speculation) is that they'll use a tagging concept instead of folders. The trend generally in information organization is to tag, which allows for multiple virtual folders, rather than a single hierarchical folder concept.

Kind of like how Picasa lets you tag your photographs.

[akjak]

Tags > Folders. Hopefully that's the way they'll go. Then a single book could be tagged by author, series, genre, etc. If this solutions is good, maybe I will start keeping *all* my books on the K2, rather than just my TBRs.

[Harvey]

So, any bets on when we'll see this?

Amazon is genius at making conservative projections and then delighting with early delivery. (Witness: the June 2009 DX release which had been billed as shipping in "summer 2009".)

[cloudyvisions]

Very cool and exciting news! Whether it's tags or folders, I'm excited for a new way to organize things.

[Ann in Arlington]

The facebook post said the first half of next year for implementation.

[Chris W]

So, any bets on when we'll see this?

Amazon is genius at making conservative projections and then delighting with early delivery. (Witness: the June 2009 DX release which had been billed as shipping in "summer 2009".)

I've been thinking the same thing. They'd be smart to get this out before Christmas, so to better influence E-Reader shoppers.

[Harvey]

The facebook post said the first half of next year for implementation.

Right - I'm thinking it'll be closer to January than June.

[MarthaT]

Can't wait for this!

[The Hooded Claw]

Great to hear this, and I think the avoidance of the word "folders" may indeed be a clue to which way Amazon is headed on this.

I'll defer doing my Snoopy dance until it is installed on my K2 and working, but Amazon does have a good track record of living up to their promises.  So I suspect I'll be doing a Snoopy dance before long.

[Anju No. 469]

Also a little bit of competition addition.  I'm all for it, but I do hope they will give it to the K1 owners as well rather than making them purchase a K2.

[Ann in Arlington]

I don't expect it to be implemented for the Original Kindle.  After all, they don't even sell them new any more.

[Harvey]

Some people have PM'd me asking what is meant by "tagging".
A "tag" is simply a descriptive word or phrase that you assign to an object - for example, a music track, a photograph, or - in the case of Kindle - an eBook.

(The information is sometimes referred to as metadata, which literally means "data about the data"... i.e., it's information about the eBook file. The tag is sometimes referred to as a metatag.)

An example you may be familiar with is iTunes, where you can assign information to a music track, such as genre, composer, date recorded, etc. Each of those is a piece of metatag data.

A tag is a generic text string that you can assign to an object. For example, you might want to "tag" an eBook with tags like 'readnext', 'favorites', 'reference', 'manuals', 'fiction', etc.

You could assign multiple tags to a single eBook.

Then you could view and sort your eBooks by specifying a tag.

This is all speculation in terms of how this might apply to Kindle, but in a general sense this is how tags are used, and could potentially be used with books on your Kindle.

[Raffeer]

Thank you so much for posting this...................and thank you Amazon for listening. This is good.

[Ann in Arlington]

There are a number of Kindle fan pages on Facebook. . . .one with around 5400 fans and one with over 6000 fans. . . .the others are significantly smaller and there's pretty much no activity.

I am not sure either one of the larger ones actually 'belongs' to Amazon.  The one that the notice was posted on is the one with fewer fans.  I'm also a 'fan' on the other one and they haven't said one word.

So. . . . .not saying it's not legit, just saying it's possible that it's nothing more than wishful thinking. . . . . . or, worse: a cruel hoax.    My fingers remain crossed, however! 

[The Hooded Claw]

There are a number of Kindle fan pages on Facebook. . . .one with around 5400 fans and one with over 6000 fans. . . .the others are significantly smaller and there's pretty much no activity.

A most excellent point.  If someone finds a link somewhere on Amazon.com and posts it here, I'll be forever grateful and might even dedicate a weird book title to them!

[Varin]

*dies*



Pleaseletitbetrue !!!!!!

[chilady1]

Skeptical - I think this might be a joke!  Reserving judgment

[Susan in VA]

I don't expect it to be implemented for the Original Kindle.  After all, they don't even sell them new any more.

But wait, when they do other updates via Whispernet, don't they do those for the KK as well?  Maybe not the same ones, but surely they're still making ongoing improvements (or at least changes) to the KK?