[sbtx99]

Well, I'm in the camp that find the way Kindle handles collections to be simple and very easy to use. I don't need a big complicated folder setup. After reading a few tips on managing collections on the Kindle, I just set up a couple main collections, followed by a couple sub-collections, and then a few miscellaneous collections after that. By using symbols around my collection names < (),[],{} >, they're sorted in the order I want (main, sub, misc). The hardest part was the initial setup.

Now my home page, when sorted by title, just shows my nine collections followed by the Archived Items. And adding new books to the collections has been a breeze. Just switch to the "By Collections" view and it's easy to find and add the new books to the appropriate collection(s).

I tried using Calibre to manage collections on my Sony via tags but gave up on that. The one time I forgot to remove the publisher tags from an ebook it added 25 new collections to my Sony. Other times I forgot to add a tag to the ebook. I much prefer having a few simple categories that can be easily managed on the device.

ETA: Special thanks (& karma) to Daffy4U for posting the Kindle shortcut links in their signature, which is where I found the collection tips.