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Originally Posted by jocampo
I hear you, and you have valid concerns, but to be perfectly honest, the issue is not with Kindle, but you trying to side load books and using Calibre; nice software but certainly not designed by Amazon. Amazon's intentions are actually clear, you getting or buying books from them. Any deviation of that may break whatever customized experience you may have now. Kind of reminds me previous Nooks, when people start complaining that B&N patches broke their readers! after installing custom ROMs.
I also had some "ghost collections" from previous Kindle devices. I just deleted those once and that fixed the issue. They no longer appear on my newer Kindles.
I've read the other thread and the people that are complaining are basically because one of these two reasons, or both :
-They shared same Kindle account
-They side load content and barely use or buy Amazon books
Which again, valid concerns but maybe they should stay away of Kindles altogether and get a more "international" type of reader, like a Sony or Kobo.
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Actually if I may jump into the middle of this conversation the situation is directly related to kindle and how Amazon has the new update programmed. I use Calibre to sideload my books also, but 98-99% of my books are purchased either through Amazon or through my library which is connected to my MYK page on Amazon. All these books are recognized in Amazon as their books, and like booklover6 I do not turn my wifi on. The only time it is on is when I really want a book that isn't on my device and I need to get it from the Cloud, which is practically never. However if I want to make collection changes, which is at least once a week but most times every few days. With this new date, I am constantly getting the "nag" to connect/ignore. Which is VERY inconvenient and a major PITA. I do not understand why Amazon is now trying to force users to constantly keep their wifi on, especially when they add that blurb about the battery not needing a charge as often if the wifi is left off.
I also do not like that I can no longer import collections from kindle for pc, but that is a beast of another day.