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Josieb1 · 10-29-2014, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nynaevelan

I guess I am used to collection management on the pw, making changes on the Fire is not as easy or as intuitive, so I've given up with messing around with them there.

I can't use the Fire to make changes to the collections i've just found that out as i've just lost 54 books out of a collection of 55

That means I need to recomplie it which isn't that easy because the books weren't downloaded to any device, i'll need to seach for each book in the cloud 1-1 working from Calibre and add them back in. Using the ipad app!

I'm returning mine tomorrow, not adding to my misery any longer.

nynaevelan · 10-29-2014, 01:27 PM

I will say when the collections are resynced they are easy to view and find reading selections but managing them, nope not easy at all. But like I said the pw has been my collection device and it is still my favorite to use for this feature. And while I love that I can now put my apps and audiobooks into collections, creating them is not so easy. I especially hate you cannot search to filter down what you want to put into a collection but it doesn't let you use the search results to put into collections. Again I sent in feedback to Amazon telling them how user unfriendly this is.

Josieb1 · 10-29-2014, 01:46 PM

Mine is boxed up already. The sooner I get rid of it the better. I am reading on Kobo's now and manually syncing bettween devices. That might have to be the way forward for me.

Josieb1 · 10-29-2014, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by booklover6

I don't use cloud collections. When Amazon pushed those through, I returned my PW2.

I use Calibre Companion to wirelessly load and manage epubs on my Fire 6. For Amazon books, I just download what I want to the device.

If i had a tablet for Calibre Companion it wouldn't be a Fire, it would more likely be a Nexus 7, but I have my ipad so I can't see me doing that.

booklover6 · 10-29-2014, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

If i had a tablet for Calibre Companion it wouldn't be a Fire, it would more likely be a Nexus 7, but I have my ipad so I can't see me doing that.

Probably no point in my replying, since you've boxed it, but why wouldn't you use it on a Fire 6? To me, it's the perfect device for CC and reading (I use Moon+). I've got over 5000 books on it, and some games and other apps, and still have 8gb left. I find the Nexus 7 too large for reading, whereas the Fire 6 is just right.

Josieb1 · 10-29-2014, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by booklover6

Probably no point in my replying, since you've boxed it, but why wouldn't you use it on a Fire 6? To me, it's the perfect device for CC and reading (I use Moon+). I've got over 5000 books on it, and some games and other apps, and still have 8gb left. I find the Nexus 7 too large for reading, whereas the Fire 6 is just right.

I might take another look tomorrow, i've deregistered it for now, and am currenty deleting a lot of my personal docs of Amazon.

I wanted it to manage my Amazon collections but if I get rid of mine and its just hubbys then thats easier anyway as he only has books. Not sure if he will read his miltary non fiction on it though, it might be too small for him.

I'll think again tomorrow

nynaevelan · 10-29-2014, 02:21 PM

What naming conventions are you using for your collections? Differentiating them might help to make it a little easier to navigate through them? I had over 100 collections just on my pw alone. Once I added collections for my apps and audibles, another 50 or so was added to the collection.

Josieb1 · 10-29-2014, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by nynaevelan

What naming conventions are you using for your collections? Differentiating them might help to make it a little easier to navigate through them? I had over 100 collections just on my pw alone. Once I added collections for my apps and audibles, another 50 or so was added to the collection.

We had named them prefixed with either mine of hubbys name. He has most of them, I think I only had ten. Its the lack of covers that anoys me the most, plus the text in the kindle app was lighter than I liked. I'm currently deleting a lot of my personal docs as I have the Kobo H20 I read on now.

Blossom · 10-29-2014, 04:31 PM

I gave up on pdocs a long time ago. Side load books is the way to go. I keep my books on the cloud through Dropbox or I transfer them over with Calibre companion. Moon+ is my preferred reader it syncs to each tablet I have.

Josieb1 · 10-29-2014, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

I gave up on pdocs a long time ago. Side load books is the way to go. I keep my books on the cloud through Dropbox or I transfer them over with Calibre companion. Moon+ is my preferred reader it syncs to each tablet I have.

Thanks everyone. I reduced my personal documents in the Amazon Cloud to four collections, just over 200. I'm having another play with it tonight.

sadievan · 10-29-2014, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

I gave up on pdocs a long time ago. Side load books is the way to go. I keep my books on the cloud through Dropbox or I transfer them over with Calibre companion. Moon+ is my preferred reader it syncs to each tablet I have.

Do you have the Moon+ Pro? Will have to look into that syncing feature and using CC to download. You said you download straight from Dropbox. When it syncs does it write anything to the book in Dropbox?

eschwartz · 10-29-2014, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sadievan

Do you have the Moon+ Pro? Will have to look into that syncing feature and using CC to download. You said you download straight from Dropbox. When it syncs does it write anything to the book in Dropbox?

No, I believe it stores all info in a database which it saves to Dropbox.

Blossom · 10-29-2014, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sadievan

Do you have the Moon+ Pro? Will have to look into that syncing feature and using CC to download. You said you download straight from Dropbox. When it syncs does it write anything to the book in Dropbox?

Yes I have Moon+ Pro Amazon and Play version for both my tablets.

No, it does not alter the book. It uploads it's own file that includes info like last page read, bookmarks and then there another file for annotations if you make any. You see you have to authorize Moon to use Dropbox and it creates a folder inside your apps folder on Dropbox in side there it keeps all the files and books to sync back and forth.

Syncing takes some getting use to like you can't sideload the book on two devices. For Syncing to work you sideload book on Device 1 then read a few pages then sync which moon then uploads the book and files to go with it. You then you go to Device 2 click on the Dropbox tab inside Moon+ and download the book into Moon and it will now sync on both devices back and forth. Once you get use to the method it's easy to keep them working together.

booklover6 · 10-30-2014, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

Yes I have Moon+ Pro Amazon and Play version for both my tablets.

What do you use on your Kindle Fire?

What advantage is there to having the Amazon version, when it doesn't install to the Fire?

Blossom · 10-30-2014, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by booklover6

What do you use on your Kindle Fire?

What advantage is there to having the Amazon version, when it doesn't install to the Fire?

No errors for one. I can leave WiFi on and I know even though it wont install to the KF through Amazon, the developer is testing it on the KF so it works. The only reason your can't access it is Amazon wont allow any other ereader other than overdrive.

I have both version of Moon+ and Mantano and I use Amazons on the KF and Google Play on my other tablets.

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10-29-2014, 01:27 PM	#17
nynaevelan eBook Junkie Posts: 1,526 Karma: 1464018 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Fire 2020, Kindle PW2	I will say when the collections are resynced they are easy to view and find reading selections but managing them, nope not easy at all. But like I said the pw has been my collection device and it is still my favorite to use for this feature. And while I love that I can now put my apps and audiobooks into collections, creating them is not so easy. I especially hate you cannot search to filter down what you want to put into a collection but it doesn't let you use the search results to put into collections. Again I sent in feedback to Amazon telling them how user unfriendly this is.

10-29-2014, 01:46 PM	#18
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,082 Karma: 18051062 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kindle Scribe, Coloursoft, PW SE, Kindle 6, Kobo Libra Colour, Libra 2	Mine is boxed up already. The sooner I get rid of it the better. I am reading on Kobo's now and manually syncing bettween devices. That might have to be the way forward for me.

10-29-2014, 02:21 PM	#22
nynaevelan eBook Junkie Posts: 1,526 Karma: 1464018 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Fire 2020, Kindle PW2	What naming conventions are you using for your collections? Differentiating them might help to make it a little easier to navigate through them? I had over 100 collections just on my pw alone. Once I added collections for my apps and audibles, another 50 or so was added to the collection.

10-29-2014, 04:31 PM	#24
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	I gave up on pdocs a long time ago. Side load books is the way to go. I keep my books on the cloud through Dropbox or I transfer them over with Calibre companion. Moon+ is my preferred reader it syncs to each tablet I have.