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tamhas · 08-18-2015, 05:23 PM

Re the collections, I have the Kindle Collections plugin for Calibre. It reliably queries the Kindle when instructed and updates a column in Calibre. This is nicely included in the updates to CC, so if I use that as the grouping in CC and sort by last used, I see the same sequence of books as I do in the Kindle. Works a treat. Of course, I can use one of the other groupings to find a specific book, but if I just want to flip through recent additions, this works fine.

I have another column to indicate things not on the Kindle. It is there really just to keep me from getting confused about why a book might not show as On Device. That also comes across to CC, but with the new process it is meaningless since it is blank for all books on the phone.

While I anticipate primarily reading from the Kindle, that doesn't mean that I don't ever read from the phone. I was pleasantly surprised at how readable the books were on the high resolution 5.5" screen of the LG G4. At present, I have nearly 20GB free of the 32 GB and the OS is taking over 9GB of what is used, so I don't need to work overhard and scrimping on space yet.

08-18-2015, 05:23 PM	#18
tamhas Zealot Posts: 140 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Re the collections, I have the Kindle Collections plugin for Calibre. It reliably queries the Kindle when instructed and updates a column in Calibre. This is nicely included in the updates to CC, so if I use that as the grouping in CC and sort by last used, I see the same sequence of books as I do in the Kindle. Works a treat. Of course, I can use one of the other groupings to find a specific book, but if I just want to flip through recent additions, this works fine. I have another column to indicate things not on the Kindle. It is there really just to keep me from getting confused about why a book might not show as On Device. That also comes across to CC, but with the new process it is meaningless since it is blank for all books on the phone. While I anticipate primarily reading from the Kindle, that doesn't mean that I don't ever read from the phone. I was pleasantly surprised at how readable the books were on the high resolution 5.5" screen of the LG G4. At present, I have nearly 20GB free of the 32 GB and the OS is taking over 9GB of what is used, so I don't need to work overhard and scrimping on space yet.