METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERIES-BASED DIGITAL READING CONTENT QUEUE AND INTERFACE

1 . An automatic series manager for series-based digital reading content queue and interface comprising:

a metadata scourer to scour a metadata tag for series information for each book in an e-reader library;

a title searcher to search a title for each book in the e-reader library for a match to a series name;

a series sorter to sort each book identified as being part of a series; and

a presenter to present the series for e-reading.

2 . The automatic series manager of claim 1 wherein said metadata scourer scours sideloaded content for series information for each book in the e-reader library.

3 . The automatic series manager of claim 1 wherein each book in the library is a purchased book.

4 . The automatic series manager of claim 1 wherein each book in the e-reader library is selected from the group consisting of: an e-book, an e-magazine, an e-comic book, a PDF, and a scholarly article.

5 . The automatic series manager of claim 1 wherein the series sorter sorts each book identified as being part of the series in chronological order for presentation.

6 . The automatic series manager of claim 1 wherein the presenter develops a series overview icon to represent the books with related series information.

7 . The automatic series manager of claim 6 wherein the series overview icon is presented on a series page.

8 . A computing device comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions;

a display screen having touch functionality;

a processor that access the instructions in memory, the processor further configured to implement a method for implementing a series-based digital reading content queue and interface comprising:

searching books in an e-library for series information;

sorting books with related series information into a predefined order;

developing a series overview icon to represent the books with related series information, for presentation on a series page; and

automatically providing access to all available books with related series information when the series overview icon is selected.

9 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

utilizing a metadata scourer to scour a metadata tag for series information for each book in the e-library.

10 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

utilizing a metadata scourer to scour a sideloaded content for series information for each book in the e-library.

11 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

utilizing a title searcher to search a title for each book in the e-library for a match to a series name to determine series information.

12 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

sorting the books with related series information in chronological order for presentation.

13 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

sorting the books with related series information in alphabetical order for presentation.

14 . The computing device of claim 8 further comprising:

providing an indicator showing whether or not all books presently in the series are available.

15 . A method for implementing a series-based digital reading content queue and interface, said method comprising:

searching books in an e-library for series information;

sorting books with related series information into a predefined order;

developing a series overview icon to represent the books with related series information, for presentation on a series page; and

automatically providing access to all available books with related series information when the series overview icon is selected.

16 . The method of claim 15 further comprising:

utilizing a metadata scourer to scour a metadata tag for series information for each book in the e-library.

17 . The method of claim 15 further comprising:

utilizing a metadata scourer to scour a sideloaded content for series information for each book in the e-library.

18 . The method of claim 15 further comprising:

utilizing a title searcher to search a title for each book in the e-library for a match to a series name to determine series information.

19 . The method of claim 15 further comprising:

sorting the books with related series information in a user defined order for presentation.

20 . The method of claim 15 further comprising:

utilizing a cover of a first book in each series and a series name as the series overview icon.

21 . The method of claim 15 further comprising:

upon reaching an end of a book with related series information, providing an option from the group consisting of: an option to continue to a next book in the series, an option to purchase the next book in the series, a recommendation for a different series, and an option to return to the series page.