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wallcraft · 02-14-2012, 06:10 AM

I use collections on my K3 and I miss them on the Fire, but a partial work around is to include series info in the ebook title. This is effective on the Fire because search is very fast.

In Calibre, under Preferences -> Metadata Plugboards I have (MOBI - Kindle_Fire - title):

Code:

{series:|| }{series_index:0>2s|| - }{title}

With this approach, the title is augmented when writing to the Fire. See Techniques to use plugboards, custom columns and templates for other examples.

I bring this up because, with the exception of collections, the Fire seems to meet your needs well. Another Fire-based option might be a 3rd party ePub app. There are several available, but Mantano Reader is often recommended and has collections, see Kindle Fire will read epub. Calibre generally does a good job converting your MOBIs into ePubs.

02-14-2012, 06:10 AM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	I use collections on my K3 and I miss them on the Fire, but a partial work around is to include series info in the ebook title. This is effective on the Fire because search is very fast. In Calibre, under Preferences -> Metadata Plugboards I have (MOBI - Kindle_Fire - title): Code: {series:\|\| }{series_index:0>2s\|\| - }{title} With this approach, the title is augmented when writing to the Fire. See Techniques to use plugboards, custom columns and templates for other examples. I bring this up because, with the exception of collections, the Fire seems to meet your needs well. Another Fire-based option might be a 3rd party ePub app. There are several available, but Mantano Reader is often recommended and has collections, see Kindle Fire will read epub. Calibre generally does a good job converting your MOBIs into ePubs.