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Originally Posted by harriska2
I've heard nothing but complaints about collections so we just load up a few books at a time and go from there. We read a lot of series books so if collections gives you info on series number that would be great. Instead, he uses the kindle wifi, hooks to my web enabled Calibre library (only local), and can search on the series and find the order number. I also get books from my Calibre web library. Works well for us!
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Harriska--I went from a Sony 650 to a Kindle Paperwhite, and one of the things I really miss is how seamlessly the Sony worked with Calibre and collections. I also read a lot of series and would have a different collection for each series on my Sony--created automatically when transferring books to it from Calibre.
From others who have posted here, I found out about Metadata Plugboards created in Calibre and use these with my Kindle. What they do is add the series information (name and position in series) to the beginning of the book title when transferring to the Kindle. (Doesn't change anything in Calibre.) If you're interested in trying it, click on preferences in Calibre and choose "Metadata Plugboards".
I use the following:
Format: azw3 (use mobi if your books are in mobi format)
Device: Kindle2 (I think all the newer e-ink Kindles work with Kindle2)
Source Template: {series}{series_index:0>2s| - | - }{title}
Destination Field: title
Using the plugin above, "Sudden Mischief" which is the 25th book in the "Spenser" series will appear as "Spenser - 25 - Sudden Mischief" on my Kindle. Not quite as good as the way the Sonys handle series info, but it's acceptable for me.
Hope this helps!