Useful Collections

sitrucz · 01-11-2013, 01:28 PM

For those that use collections how do you use them that's useful? I've tried tags but that creates too many. I never would separate by author. So how are you using collections?

HarryT · 01-11-2013, 02:22 PM

Separating by genre is one useful way. There's no point in separating by author - simply use author sort mode for that.

jbcohen · 01-11-2013, 02:31 PM

A pal of mine that also has a kindle told me to think of a collection as a virtual book shelf on your real world book case. You can put science fiction on one shelf and mystery on the other shelf. I really have not had a use for the collections capability.

KimberlyFDR · 01-11-2013, 02:33 PM

I separate by personal tags that make sense to me

Free Novels: All the Amazon books I got for free that may/may not be good
Pro Novels: Professional novels that I either bought or am reviewing an ARC of
LGBT Novels: Books in that genre that don't have more than one book per author on my Kindle
LGBT Authors: There are probably 10 collections with different author names for this type, where I have more than one LGBT book for an author
Fanfiction: Stories that I have recently sent to my Kindle that I may/may not keep
Fanfiction by Genre: I have about 10 collections with different fanfiction genres that I am keeping permanently on my Kindle
Comic Meta: Books that explore meta in comic books (the actual comics I have I only store on my Kindle Fire HD so I can read them in color)
Nonfiction: Books of that genre

I might have a few more collections, but that's what I remember right now.

HarryT · 01-11-2013, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by KimberlyFDR

LGBT Novels: Books in that genre that don't have more than one book per author on my Kindle

What's "LGBT"?

BeccaPrice · 01-11-2013, 03:46 PM

My collections are eccentric. A lot is by genre, some by author, some by series name (the Vorkosigan saga has a collection all of its own, for example). It depends on how I would look for the book.

Which means, of course, that I can find just about any book I want, but nobody else would be able to make any sense of it.

KimberlyFDR · 01-11-2013, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

What's "LGBT"?

Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Transgender

That's the main genre I write in, so that's where the majority of my reading falls as well.

HarryT · 01-11-2013, 04:51 PM

Thanks - haven't come across that one before.

Jessica Lares · 01-11-2013, 05:16 PM

I do mine by genre too, but then I also have a "Currently Reading" collection where I keep all the stuff I'm focusing on at the moment in. I use them for Active Content and Audiobooks too.

Nyssa · 01-11-2013, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sitrucz

For those that use collections how do you use them that's useful? I've tried tags but that creates too many. I never would separate by author. So how are you using collections?

With my K3 I used collections for Authors if I had 3 or more of his/her books, Series, Short Stories, NonFiction and a couple other specialty groups like "Currently Reading".

Unfortunately, the plugin doen't work for the PaperWhite.

alanHd · 01-11-2013, 06:33 PM

i deleted all the tags in my library because there were too many, then i rebuilt them using just goodreads as the source.

ii went from thousands of tags to less than 100 then i deleted the ones i didnt want.

This gives me a core of genres i use.

Im so glad that my kindle is jailbroken and i can use the collections plug in, no fun trying to tag 700 books with multiple collections.

krazy4katz · 01-11-2013, 08:03 PM

For Harry: LGBT is a very common term in the US. Maybe different in the UK?

I have very mundane collections:
Biographies -- Read
Nonfiction -- Read
Fiction -- Read
Biographies -- Unread
Nonfiction -- Unread
Fiction -- Unread
Nonfiction -- Samples
Fiction -- Samples
Reference (includes a bible, the kindle directions, how to do yoga etc.)

That's it. The collections are filtered by Author, so hopefully that keeps things together. To keep track of series, I use LibraryThing.

k4k

sitrucz · 01-11-2013, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Unfortunately, the plugin doen't work for the PaperWhite.

My pw is jailbroken I've gotten the plugin to work but I have too many tags.

Nyssa · 01-11-2013, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sitrucz

My pw is jailbroken I've gotten the plugin to work but I have too many tags.

I don't like jailbreaking.

01-11-2013, 01:28 PM	#1
sitrucz Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 33642 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Apple iPad	Useful Collections For those that use collections how do you use them that's useful? I've tried tags but that creates too many. I never would separate by author. So how are you using collections?

01-11-2013, 02:22 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,659 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	Separating by genre is one useful way. There's no point in separating by author - simply use author sort mode for that. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

01-11-2013, 02:31 PM	#3
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 2,360 Karma: 3046348 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Palanthas Device: Kindle 5 Paperwhite and a Nook Simple Touch	A pal of mine that also has a kindle told me to think of a collection as a virtual book shelf on your real world book case. You can put science fiction on one shelf and mystery on the other shelf. I really have not had a use for the collections capability. __________________

01-11-2013, 03:46 PM	#6
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 1,721 Karma: 10476515 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	My collections are eccentric. A lot is by genre, some by author, some by series name (the Vorkosigan saga has a collection all of its own, for example). It depends on how I would look for the book. Which means, of course, that I can find just about any book I want, but nobody else would be able to make any sense of it. __________________

01-11-2013, 04:51 PM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,659 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	Thanks - haven't come across that one before. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

01-11-2013, 02:33 PM	#4
KimberlyFDR Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 485882 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Mebane, NC Device: Kindle 4, Kindle Fire 7HD	I separate by personal tags that make sense to me Free Novels: All the Amazon books I got for free that may/may not be good Pro Novels: Professional novels that I either bought or am reviewing an ARC of LGBT Novels: Books in that genre that don't have more than one book per author on my Kindle LGBT Authors: There are probably 10 collections with different author names for this type, where I have more than one LGBT book for an author Fanfiction: Stories that I have recently sent to my Kindle that I may/may not keep Fanfiction by Genre: I have about 10 collections with different fanfiction genres that I am keeping permanently on my Kindle Comic Meta: Books that explore meta in comic books (the actual comics I have I only store on my Kindle Fire HD so I can read them in color) Nonfiction: Books of that genre I might have a few more collections, but that's what I remember right now.

01-11-2013, 05:16 PM	#9
Jessica Lares Guru Posts: 965 Karma: 1346144 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA Device: Kindle 3 (Wi-Fi), Kindle Fire, iPad Mini	I do mine by genre too, but then I also have a "Currently Reading" collection where I keep all the stuff I'm focusing on at the moment in. I use them for Active Content and Audiobooks too. __________________ Jessica - Daily Expressions

01-11-2013, 06:33 PM	#11
alanHd Groupie Posts: 196 Karma: 1311963 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, Ipod Touch	i deleted all the tags in my library because there were too many, then i rebuilt them using just goodreads as the source. ii went from thousands of tags to less than 100 then i deleted the ones i didnt want. This gives me a core of genres i use. Im so glad that my kindle is jailbroken and i can use the collections plug in, no fun trying to tag 700 books with multiple collections. __________________ Currently Reading: Department 19

01-11-2013, 08:03 PM	#12
krazy4katz Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 1044784 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kindle 1 and Kindle 3 (KK)	For Harry: LGBT is a very common term in the US. Maybe different in the UK? I have very mundane collections: Biographies -- Read Nonfiction -- Read Fiction -- Read Biographies -- Unread Nonfiction -- Unread Fiction -- Unread Nonfiction -- Samples Fiction -- Samples Reference (includes a bible, the kindle directions, how to do yoga etc.) That's it. The collections are filtered by Author, so hopefully that keeps things together. To keep track of series, I use LibraryThing. k4k __________________ krazy4katz Last edited by krazy4katz; 01-11-2013 at 08:06 PM.

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