Paperwhite not adding book to collections

jhempel24 · 11-09-2013, 12:56 AM

Odd issue here. I put my books into collections that I create for genre's once I finish reading them.

Well today, I have two books that refuse to go into my "Horror" collection. I remove them, put them in to another collection other than horror, and it goes just fine.

I take them out of that collection and try to put them back into horror...nothing. It's VERY odd.

Anyone have this problem?

Antoinekamel · 11-09-2013, 03:15 PM

I don't have the solution, but just for a matter of sharing, today I'm experiencing the same problem. Odd, of course. I'm updating now (5.3.9), will post if it solves everything up.

Edit: update didn't fix it.

BeeTee-Ess · 11-09-2013, 08:02 PM

I have a PW2, and have my books organised in two collections, Reading and Library.

At least I did when using my Basic Kindle.

Now that I am using my PW2, I have a small batch of books which refuse to go into the Library collection. I set up a new collection, Library 2, and they quite happily reside there.

Oddly, checking the collection content, they show as having the ticks for both collections, but cannot be seen in the first.

sirmaru · 11-09-2013, 09:00 PM

Try to delete the Collection name and then add it back again.

HarryT · 11-10-2013, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhempel24

Odd issue here. I put my books into collections that I create for genre's once I finish reading them.

Well today, I have two books that refuse to go into my "Horror" collection. I remove them, put them in to another collection other than horror, and it goes just fine.

I take them out of that collection and try to put them back into horror...nothing. It's VERY odd.

Anyone have this problem?

You've presumably tried rebooting your Kindle?

hfpop · 11-10-2013, 06:36 AM

@jhempel24: I suspect there is some mess in the data structure associated to the Horror collection. I would remove it completely and recreate it afterwards. I recommend the following steps:
- create a new collection, named "H";
- manually move all books from collection "Horror" to collection "H"; take care, select the books one-by-one and assign to collection "H" in batches; if there is an option to select all, do not use it, as it may probably move the mess as well;
- when you are here, all books from "Horror" are in "H"; remove the "Horror" collection, and rename "H" to "Horror";
- now assign your denied books to "Horror".

I know, it sounds overkill, but if my assumption is correct, this is your safe bet. Had I have your problem, I would pursue this course of action.

BeeTee-Ess · 11-15-2013, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirmaru

Try to delete the Collection name and then add it back again.

Thanks for the suggestion, @sirmaru...

but having had the two libraries for a while, I have grown used to them, to the extent where I now have four of them for different categories!

11-09-2013, 12:56 AM	#1
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Paperwhite not adding book to collections Odd issue here. I put my books into collections that I create for genre's once I finish reading them. Well today, I have two books that refuse to go into my "Horror" collection. I remove them, put them in to another collection other than horror, and it goes just fine. I take them out of that collection and try to put them back into horror...nothing. It's VERY odd. Anyone have this problem?

11-09-2013, 03:15 PM	#2
Antoinekamel Addict Posts: 278 Karma: 2511467 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: ABC W p2	I don't have the solution, but just for a matter of sharing, today I'm experiencing the same problem. Odd, of course. I'm updating now (5.3.9), will post if it solves everything up. Edit: update didn't fix it. Last edited by Antoinekamel; 11-09-2013 at 03:30 PM.

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11-09-2013, 08:02 PM	#3
BeeTee-Ess Addict Posts: 306 Karma: 679580 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: K3, K4NT, KPW2, Voyage, iP4, iP6, iPad Mini, HP TouchPad, Kobo Mini	I have a PW2, and have my books organised in two collections, Reading and Library. At least I did when using my Basic Kindle. Now that I am using my PW2, I have a small batch of books which refuse to go into the Library collection. I set up a new collection, Library 2, and they quite happily reside there. Oddly, checking the collection content, they show as having the ticks for both collections, but cannot be seen in the first.

11-09-2013, 09:00 PM	#4
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Try to delete the Collection name and then add it back again.

11-10-2013, 06:36 AM	#6
hfpop Addict Posts: 250 Karma: 136662 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: N/A	@jhempel24: I suspect there is some mess in the data structure associated to the Horror collection. I would remove it completely and recreate it afterwards. I recommend the following steps: - create a new collection, named "H"; - manually move all books from collection "Horror" to collection "H"; take care, select the books one-by-one and assign to collection "H" in batches; if there is an option to select all, do not use it, as it may probably move the mess as well; - when you are here, all books from "Horror" are in "H"; remove the "Horror" collection, and rename "H" to "Horror"; - now assign your denied books to "Horror". I know, it sounds overkill, but if my assumption is correct, this is your safe bet. Had I have your problem, I would pursue this course of action.

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