hi all this is my 1st post, great site btw saves me loads of time and cash;)

im trying to find a prog that i can edit my collections etc when plugged into my pc, im using calibre to manage them but cant find a way to add remove and edit what i want, titles/order etc without having to use the on screen keypad on the kindle. ive also tried kindelabra but it shows an error when looking at my kindle!

i dont know if im explaining this correctly but cant find help anywhere.

for example, when i change the file names or folders of the kindles contents when browsing them on my pc as hard drive or usb stick etc they dont change on the kindle?

thanks

glezga

sorry i take it you cant do this without "jailbreak" and its not able yet on kindle 4.0.1??

still searching but finding nothing!

open calibre and plug in kindle. you should see a button saying device.click on arrow pointing down it should give you option to view ebooks on kindle. Highlight one you want to delete and right click and select delete

what does jailbreak do for kindle.sorry am new to kindle world.

all i really know that jailbreak will enable you to use your own wallpaper/screensavers instead of the pre loaded ones!

[red6devil]

Here are some details for you to think about:

So you’re a tweaker, and you’d like to do more with the Kindle Touch than Amazon allows, but the previous methods of jailbreaking Amazon’s e-readers don’t work anymore. Fortunately, a new exploit allows you to hack the first-generation Kindle Touch in three easy steps.

Here are the instructions, via The Digital Reader:
Download the Kindle Touch jailbreak from Yifan Lu. It’s actually a special MP3 file designed to work some magic.
Connect your Kindle Touch to a PC and drop the MP3 file into the e-reader’s music folder.
Play the MP3 from the Kindle Touch’s “experimental” menu. The device will install an update and restart.

What can you do with a jailbroken Kindle Touch? Not much, at the moment, although you can already download a custom screensaver mod from Lu’s website. In the future, Lu expects developers to write apps for the device, tweak the interface and add support for additional file formats, such as ePUB. “This first jailbreak is really for these developers,” Lu writes. For everyone else, it’s just a preemptive move before the real modifications roll in.
If you’ve got a Kindle With Special Offers and are hoping to remove the ads, this hack may be the beginnings of a solution–as long as you can sleep with a guilty conscience–seeing how users previously figured out how to strip ads from earlier jailbroken Kindles. For that reason, if you have any interest in modifying the Kindle Touch, you might want to install this exploit before Amazon covers it up.

http://techland.time.com/2011/12/12/how ... omization/

and this by Yifan Lu:

Kindle Touch Jailbreak
What does the jailbreak do? All it does is open the door to unsigned modifications by installing a developer key into the device. It does not modify any existing files and it only writes one new file.
It does NOT do anything useful or noticeable other than this. You must find and install modifications that extend the device (the jailbreak only allows that to be possible.)
After installing the jailbreak, there is NO side effects at all (battery life, stability, etc). However, because you are no longer limited to Amazon's sandbox, you could potently damage your device by installing modifications that are improperly coded or by incorrectly using the modifications. Just a warning.

based on this i think your problem is NOT jailbreaking the kindle but something more fundamental in the way you are trying to make modifications.

this might be a case in point: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94261

thanks red6devil but ive tried that, i get an error when the prog tries to communicate with my kindle!

[red6devil]

what was acolegate's response when you advised him of the error message ?

is it the version ?

[jaysee]

Not sure what you mean glezga? Are you trying to edit collections/books that are already on your Kindle (ie ones that are bought from Amazon etc) or are you trying to get books on your PC before you aadd them to your Kindle?

Either way Calibre can do both. It has a function to show books in your Library (the one of your PC) or on your device. You can edit books on your Kindle by finding the title and right-clicking on it. I believe it brings up the same functions as editing books on your hard drive. In fact you can copy bought books over to your hard drive for editing and then transfer then back.