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Originally Posted by jgsmith
Colour me confused. I own a PW2, have never bought content from Amazon (not that there's anything wrong with that), use Calibre to manage my library and transfer books to the Kindle, and have had zero problems. I do not, however, use collections. For me, the Kindle is a reader, not a library. Calibre is the library. I keep all my books nicely organized in Calibre, and only keep the books I have not read, on the Kindle. As soon as I finish a book, I delete it from the Kindle, and it stays in Calibre. When it's time to start a new book, I either go out and get it if I don't already have it, or find it by browsing my Calibre library, then just open it up on the Kindle. I sort my books by author on the Kindle and use a Calibre plugboard to include the series name and number in the book title. Makes finding any book pretty quick and easy. Maybe someone can help me understand what I'm missing by not using collections...
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You are not missing anything if the setup you use works for you. However there are many users who like to keep more books on their device then what you prefer. There are also users who like to keep those books organized on the device via the collections. I too use a system similar to yours, the only difference I like to keep @250 books on my device. I tend to read jumping amongst 5 or 6 genres, I also have those moments when I may want something new to read. Therefore I like to keep a few hundred books on my device. With this many books, having them organized is essential, because I like to be able to quickly find them without scrolling through many pages or using the search. Hence, my use of the collections.
And let me just put this comment out there for Simaru because I am sure he is about to give us his opinion on how Amazon designed the device to be used, and whoa to those who do not use it that way.....