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Old 06-28-2013, 11:53 AM   #61
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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice View Post
this is a question for a friend, who is looking at getting a tablet - are there any that allow book collections or shelves? (other than the iPad, which is right out for various reasons) - preferably something that will work with Calibre.
I don't know that any ereader DOESN'T allow you to make collections -- from the device itself. According to the calibre User Manual HERE, only the Sony readers allow calibre to make the collections automatically.

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Neither the Kindle nor the Nook provide any way to manipulate collections over a USB connection. If you really care about using collections, I would urge you to sell your Kindle/Nook and get a SONY. Only SONY seems to understand that life is too short to be entering collections one by one on an e-ink screen

Note that in the case of the Kindle, there is a way to manipulate collections via USB, but it requires that the Kindle be rebooted every time it is disconnected from the computer, for the changes to the collections to be recognized. As such, it is unlikely that any calibre developers will ever feel motivated enough to support it. There is however, a calibre plugin that allows you to create collections on your Kindle from the calibre metadata. It is available from here.
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