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Originally Posted by tomsem
I'm having an issue with Collections, in that it seems I have to actually open a collection to remove an item from it, which is kind of a pain, and something I hope they fix. You should be able to check and uncheck collections when the 'Add' list comes up (as is the case with most other Cloud Collection implementations).
I am seeing an issue with Custom, but don't know if it is the same as yours: toggling between sort modes can sometimes (but not always) change the Custom order. Don't see any problems with Custom sort as long as I leave it that way.
It appears that Custom sort order is device specific. So for example, one of my collections on Kindle for iPad (which has no auto-sort options for collections) has a different order than what is shown on my HD6 when that's in Custom order. To me that makes it less useful: one might want to arrange it in order of 'priority' or to keep a book series in order. But the order does not sync to the cloud, so this means you have to do it for each device, and that's a lot of duplication of work, especially in a largish collection.
But Collections are not particularly useful for finding things. I use it to keep track of which books I'm currently reading, and to tag books as 'not yet read' and 'already read'. It works well for that.
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Looks as if the issue isn't yet completely resolved. The custom sort in collections should sync and stay the same between the Fire and the Kindle for iPad. I reverted back to the previous Fire OS, and that's what happens now, just as it did in the past. If the custom sort doesn't change on your Fire after you leave the collection or Books, or after the Fire shuts down, then at least they've made the custom sort aspect stable on one device, which is some improvement.
It does sound as if they haven't fixed the issue of syncing custom sorts between the two devices, which I agree is an inconvenience, more for some than others. I use it to keep various series in order within collections as well as order several non-series books by the same author, and found it very helpful since I have a large number of books. Since I already had an iPad, it was great when I first bought the Fire as all I had to do was sign in and several hundred books were automatically in order, which was one of the selling points for me.
One last question: Do you send docs to your Fire through the Send to Kindle feature, and if so, do they show up in your Collections? My docs (MR books, etc.) did not show up in Collections after the latest OS update unless they were downloaded, which was the straw that broke th camel's back for me. Never had a problem with that on any of three devices before (PW, Fire, iPad), and haven't had it since reverting back to the previous OS, so I hope that's just another bug for them to fix and not a new wrinkle.
Thanks for your help with this. After spending hours with the techs with Amazon help, it's nice to know that at least some of the issues have been addressed.
