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annoporci · 10-15-2012, 08:33 PM

I have a Kindle Touch, latest firmware 5.1.2. No jailbreak, No registration. I also have Kindle PC.

Problem: Setting up collections FAST.

I have hundreds of pdf articles and a small number of books in various formats. I'm just looking at a simple system, for instance filing stuff into categories like: 1. Articles, 2. Novels, 3. Other.

I don't want to spend a lot of time doing this. I know how to do it from the Kindle Touch menu, but I want to avoid that as I find it too slow. I dump dozens of pdf articles into my kindle almost everyday, remove them, add new ones, etc.. Therefore, I would like to do this from the PC (Windows, Linux, Mac, name your solution I'm flexible). Another reason is I use multiple PCs (work, home, laptop), keep them in sync, and like to back things up several times over, including my Kindle content. I currently manage everything from the PC and copy-paste into the Kindle folders, which is very fast, but doesn't "produce" collections even if the documents are in separate folders.

The ideal would be a script that would convert a folder hierarchy into an equivalent collection. (There seems to be ways to do that for the NON-Touch Kindles, but, let me insist on this: I have a Kindle Touch.)

On a related topic, The first day I got the Kindle I spent hours downloading free books from amazon, but I have currently quarantined them out of my kindle because they have names like B000JMLPBC_EBOK, "coded names" instead of intuitive names like
"Potter, Beatrix - The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse", and that's incompatible with my practice of copy-pasting books from my PC to my Kindle. So my bonus question: Is there a way to rename the files automatically?

Thanks!

NOTE: I posted a nearly identical question on kindleboards where someone suggested I post here instead.

10-15-2012, 08:33 PM	#1
annoporci Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Los Angeles Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2019, Firmware 5.12.4	Managing Collections Efficiently with Kindle Touch I have a Kindle Touch, latest firmware 5.1.2. No jailbreak, No registration. I also have Kindle PC. Problem: Setting up collections FAST. I have hundreds of pdf articles and a small number of books in various formats. I'm just looking at a simple system, for instance filing stuff into categories like: 1. Articles, 2. Novels, 3. Other. I don't want to spend a lot of time doing this. I know how to do it from the Kindle Touch menu, but I want to avoid that as I find it too slow. I dump dozens of pdf articles into my kindle almost everyday, remove them, add new ones, etc.. Therefore, I would like to do this from the PC (Windows, Linux, Mac, name your solution I'm flexible). Another reason is I use multiple PCs (work, home, laptop), keep them in sync, and like to back things up several times over, including my Kindle content. I currently manage everything from the PC and copy-paste into the Kindle folders, which is very fast, but doesn't "produce" collections even if the documents are in separate folders. The ideal would be a script that would convert a folder hierarchy into an equivalent collection. (There seems to be ways to do that for the NON-Touch Kindles, but, let me insist on this: I have a Kindle Touch.) On a related topic, The first day I got the Kindle I spent hours downloading free books from amazon, but I have currently quarantined them out of my kindle because they have names like B000JMLPBC_EBOK, "coded names" instead of intuitive names like "Potter, Beatrix - The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse", and that's incompatible with my practice of copy-pasting books from my PC to my Kindle. So my bonus question: Is there a way to rename the files automatically? Thanks! NOTE: I posted a nearly identical question on kindleboards where someone suggested I post here instead.