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Phebe · 02-10-2011, 10:44 AM

iBooks for the iPad just came out this week with the capacity to categorize your Apple-purchased ebooks into "collections," like the Sony had from the beginning (PRS-500, and I know, because I bought one the day it came out).

That leaves Kindle app as the single "big three" reader app without a way to categorize one's books and sample books.

I HOPE Kindle will let the categorization include samples, because most of my elibrary is now samples.

Kindle currently allows books to be organized by author, title, or "recent." This is almost totally useless, of course. Don't we all categorize our bookshelves and whole bookcases at home by topic or other category?

Some of my categories on a bookcase level are unread nonfiction, unread fiction, science fiction (four cases), Zen, gardening, and World War I.

Has anyone heard whether the Amazon Kindle app for iPad will soon be updated to allow book categorizing?

02-10-2011, 10:44 AM	#1
Phebe Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 124 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony PRS 500 and Kindle 2 and iPad and iPhone	We need book categories in Kindle App! iBooks for the iPad just came out this week with the capacity to categorize your Apple-purchased ebooks into "collections," like the Sony had from the beginning (PRS-500, and I know, because I bought one the day it came out). That leaves Kindle app as the single "big three" reader app without a way to categorize one's books and sample books. I HOPE Kindle will let the categorization include samples, because most of my elibrary is now samples. Kindle currently allows books to be organized by author, title, or "recent." This is almost totally useless, of course. Don't we all categorize our bookshelves and whole bookcases at home by topic or other category? Some of my categories on a bookcase level are unread nonfiction, unread fiction, science fiction (four cases), Zen, gardening, and World War I. Has anyone heard whether the Amazon Kindle app for iPad will soon be updated to allow book categorizing?