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allisondbl · 02-27-2011, 03:50 AM

It appears the problem lay not with KCM but with myself.

My ONLY problem with KCM is the known one that one can only put one book at a time into a collection. Having converted a couple hundred books from pdf to mobi I thought I'd save myself time. So rather than putting them into their Collection in the Kindle's drive on my PC, then moving them one by one into that Collection on the right side of KCM, I created a new folder within the Kindle drive on my pc which showed up as a new folder on the LEFT side of KCM as it should. I organized those books into subfolders within that folder to make remembering which went where in copying to right side folder easy-peasy.

Worked and brilliant so I didn't have to check folder by folder on the left side and hope I knew which books had to be copied to right. Problem was I FORGOT TO DELETE THIS NEW "FOLDER" ON THE LEFT SIDE FROM THE KINDLE once I'd copied its contents to proper folders on right. Thus while books were in Collections after restart, as the "folder" I'd stored them in on the left side was not a "real" Collections folder on the right side in KCM, ITS contents were read by Kindle as just individual books. Deleted faux folder and voila from 21 pages down to the 5 it should be quick as quick.

So, silly me and good for the programmer - Adrian Colegate - who made a brilliant program for which I (and my happy Kindle) give much thanks and kudos. Oh and I don't know him and have no connection with him other than appreciation.

02-27-2011, 03:50 AM	#330
allisondbl Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 11964 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle Paperwhites 2013 and 2015, Nook Glowlight, iPhone, etc.	SOLVED PROBLEM It appears the problem lay not with KCM but with myself. My ONLY problem with KCM is the known one that one can only put one book at a time into a collection. Having converted a couple hundred books from pdf to mobi I thought I'd save myself time. So rather than putting them into their Collection in the Kindle's drive on my PC, then moving them one by one into that Collection on the right side of KCM, I created a new folder within the Kindle drive on my pc which showed up as a new folder on the LEFT side of KCM as it should. I organized those books into subfolders within that folder to make remembering which went where in copying to right side folder easy-peasy. Worked and brilliant so I didn't have to check folder by folder on the left side and hope I knew which books had to be copied to right. Problem was I FORGOT TO DELETE THIS NEW "FOLDER" ON THE LEFT SIDE FROM THE KINDLE once I'd copied its contents to proper folders on right. Thus while books were in Collections after restart, as the "folder" I'd stored them in on the left side was not a "real" Collections folder on the right side in KCM, ITS contents were read by Kindle as just individual books. Deleted faux folder and voila from 21 pages down to the 5 it should be quick as quick. So, silly me and good for the programmer - Adrian Colegate - who made a brilliant program for which I (and my happy Kindle) give much thanks and kudos. Oh and I don't know him and have no connection with him other than appreciation.