Books going into hiding?

[Polyhive]

My wife has a brand new basic Kindle and when she opens a book then closes it, it is not as would be expected in the number one spot but seems to vanish back into the library. If we run a search it is there, but not where it should be at the top of page one.

Anyone else come across this and a fix for it please??

Thanks in advance
PH
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[GoSharks]

I think you will find that on the home screen books are sorted alphabetically and not by most recently opened....she could however setup a collection titled 'Currently Reading' or some such and add to it the book or books she is reading so she doesn't have to search for them.

[dordale]

I don't have a basic Kindle (have a Kindle PW2), but there are options that i can change to sort the books on the home screen by author, title, most recent, etc. When sorted by most recent, the books I've recently opened appear at the top of the list. I'd be a little surprised if the basic Kindle didn't have a setting for this as well.

[sqdancer]

Yes, the basic has Most Recent First, Title, Author, Collections


To change the sort, tab up to the line above the book list (should say something about showing number of items and the current sort order) and then tab right. You'll see a list of the possible sorts, tab so Most Recent First is underlined and then select.

[pidgeon92]

... and, if the most recent sort option isn't working, you will need to sync the device to Amazon. That will get it working again.

[GoSharks]

Originally Posted by dordale

I don't have a basic Kindle (have a Kindle PW2), but there are options that i can change to sort the books on the home screen by author, title, most recent, etc.

You mean that little dropdown in the upper right that says Author (or Title, or Recent)!!!!! Damn, lol I never even noticed it before! On my 5th Kindle, maybe I should actually read the user's manual!

[Polyhive]

Thanks everyone. DEEP thanks. The answer was to sync ie register to Amazon for them who are not sure on the sync issue like us, and lo! Like a charm it is now working as it should. The moral seems to be if you do not register it behaves in other ways.... so top tip!

PH

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by Polyhive

Thanks everyone. DEEP thanks. The answer was to sync ie register to Amazon for them who are not sure on the sync issue like us, and lo! Like a charm it is now working as it should. The moral seems to be if you do not register it behaves in other ways.... so top tip!

PH

It's not due to being unregistered, I've had registered kindles do that too (my Kindle3 did that a lot). It was due to the clock getting messed up. Syncing resets the clock to the time on the server. When the clock is wrong the last time read can end up earlier than the books you've already read and push the book back in the sort order.

[MarjaE]

I just encountered the same bug. I had some trouble searching, because the site would drop "last," but this thread discusses what's going on.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40337