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Originally Posted by booklover6
The cloud collections part of the update ruined my experience. I side load 100% of my books, because I run them all through Calibre and edit the formats to my liking. I also didn't have wifi on except once a month. Thus, after the update, I got constant pop up windows about not syncing to the cloud, not being connected to wifi, I couldn't stand it. (Not to mention that it imported every collection I ever had on any Kindle since 2010..4 different devices...hundred or more collections that I didn't need or want). So yeah, it ruined the experience for me.
I could have just not used collections at all, but that was the last straw. I was already annoyed at having to embed my fonts and then open and change to publisher defaults. So like I said, cloud collections was the final nail.
I needed to use collections to put my books in, as my son was reading a book on it and I wanted him to be able to find it. So now he is reading it on my Kobo Glo, which has a home page with recent book cover tiles that I love, and he should be able to find his book right there any time.
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Your stumbling block was Calibre. From what I've seen here, Calibre users should probably stay away from Kindles altogether.
I have never used Calibre and never will. I am totally satisfied with the Amazon Kindles and their firmware upgrades. ALL my eBooks are purchased from Amazon and fit my Amazon Collections to a "T."
I open WiFi every time I read on a Kindle and look forward to all their upgrades.
Usage of Calibre seems to be a hobby unto itself and its users have far different needs than non-Calibre users.
Those, who use Apprentice Alf, as well, should probably stay away from Kindles. Those users are in a totally different world than are conventional Amazon eBook buyers.