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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
I know from personal experience that the K3 can do collections. I think a firmware update enables the K2 to do collections as well. You can create them manually on your device. People have also written small programs and calibre plug-ins to manage collections via your computer as well. You can even sync your collections in the cloud across multiple devices linked to your Amazon account. With my Sony ereaders, I create collections in the Sony software and sync them just like my iPod and playlists, or many people use calibre tags since Sony can create collections from metadata. Other ereaders can create collections from a folder structure. My frustration with the B&N shelves is that it is so cumbersome to set them up if you have hundreds of books like I do so I can understand the OP's complaints. I simply haven't gone through the trouble on my NC. Then with the STR and its partitioning, I would have to store them on an SD card since most of my EPUBs are non-BN purchases. Many people with the NC have had issues with books on the SD card disappearing from their shelves, especially if you ever have to do a reset. The best suggestion I've read so far is to store your books in folders and navigate to them through My Files. But, if you like to browse through covers rather than lists (like I prefer), then this option is disappointing. I think that B&N really needs to implement collections/shelves via tags or folders or some other method to make the process easier.
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The Kindle 3 stocks its shelves (or collections) the same way nook does plus doing it in the reverse direction, that is, you can open the properties of an individual book and choose <Add to Collection> whereupon it offers you a list of all your collections. You check off all you want it in. Most people have a lot more books than collections so the process is faster.