Fun use for email to Kindle3

Lizzie in Ma · 06-27-2011, 07:09 PM

I'm sure it's been done but I was tickled that I thought of it.
I have a lot of collections with series and a lot of the time I can't remember which book is next.
Just made some fun lists with the books in order, emailed them to the Kindle and added them to each series collection.

odiakkoh · 06-27-2011, 07:42 PM

That's a good idea for longer series. I do something similar with my tbr/wishlist and list of all my ebooks.

jilumasam · 06-28-2011, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lizzie in Ma

I'm sure it's been done but I was tickled that I thought of it.
I have a lot of collections with series and a lot of the time I can't remember which book is next.
Just made some fun lists with the books in order, emailed them to the Kindle and added them to each series collection.

Any chance of letting me know how to add those lists to your series collection? Actually now I think about it, I think I get you, but would love confirmation...

My kindle is two days old and it's been a fun ride sorting it all out!

Lizzie in Ma · 06-28-2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jilumasam

Any chance of letting me know how to add those lists to your series collection? Actually now I think about it, I think I get you, but would love confirmation...

My kindle is two days old and it's been a fun ride sorting it all out!

I just hit menu and add/remove to collection for each one

RainingLemur · 06-28-2011, 12:14 PM

That's a pretty good idea. I'll have to give it a whirl.

ucfgrad93 · 06-28-2011, 01:06 PM

That is a great tip. Thanks for sharing OP.

Nyssa · 06-28-2011, 01:09 PM

I did that with both the Honor Harrington series and the Vorkosigan series, except I added them via Calibre instead of emailing them.

susan_cassidy · 06-28-2011, 02:00 PM

No need to email them, either. I copy .txt files with series lists to the Kindle all the time. I even have a little program to wrap text at the right number of characters, if I have descriptions, etc. in the files, so they will look nice on the Kindle.

just_jeepin · 06-28-2011, 04:00 PM

That's a great idea! I've been using the NotePad app from 7 Dragons to keep track of the book order.

BoiseShan · 06-28-2011, 04:23 PM

I just change the name of the book in Calibre to include which number it is in the series. Then load from Calibre to Kindle. Finally a way to keep 'em straight!

Blossom · 06-28-2011, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BoiseShan

I just change the name of the book in Calibre to include which number it is in the series. Then load from Calibre to Kindle. Finally a way to keep 'em straight!

I use the plugboards option in Calibre to automatically add the series info to the book's title when I save to my dropbox using the save to disk option.

I don't know if you can do this with Amazon bought books though?

06-27-2011, 07:09 PM	#1
Lizzie in Ma Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 159192 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Cape Cod Device: Nook, Kindle 3, Vizio 8" tablet runn and Samsung Galaxy running Aldiko	Fun use for email to Kindle3 I'm sure it's been done but I was tickled that I thought of it. I have a lot of collections with series and a lot of the time I can't remember which book is next. Just made some fun lists with the books in order, emailed them to the Kindle and added them to each series collection.

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06-27-2011, 07:42 PM	#2
odiakkoh Guru Posts: 823 Karma: 1818344 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: iPhone 5s	That's a good idea for longer series. I do something similar with my tbr/wishlist and list of all my ebooks.

06-28-2011, 12:14 PM	#5
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	That's a pretty good idea. I'll have to give it a whirl.

06-28-2011, 01:06 PM	#6
ucfgrad93 Wizard Posts: 2,370 Karma: 9026681 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Colorado Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2nd Gen	That is a great tip. Thanks for sharing OP.

06-28-2011, 01:09 PM	#7
Nyssa Series Addict Posts: 6,180 Karma: 167189477 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Florida, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd Gen)	I did that with both the Honor Harrington series and the Vorkosigan series, except I added them via Calibre instead of emailing them.

06-28-2011, 02:00 PM	#8
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	No need to email them, either. I copy .txt files with series lists to the Kindle all the time. I even have a little program to wrap text at the right number of characters, if I have descriptions, etc. in the files, so they will look nice on the Kindle.

06-28-2011, 04:00 PM	#9
just_jeepin Addict Posts: 306 Karma: 1010848 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: Kobo Libra 2	That's a great idea! I've been using the NotePad app from 7 Dragons to keep track of the book order.

06-28-2011, 04:23 PM	#10
BoiseShan Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 14598 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle	I just change the name of the book in Calibre to include which number it is in the series. Then load from Calibre to Kindle. Finally a way to keep 'em straight!

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