Interesting collection names? - Page 2

Blithe · 03-02-2014, 02:26 AM

I used to be a member of an Amazon Kindle group on GoodReads, and there was a great discussion on collections (and device names) -- some people came up with the most interesting ideas, some people even naming their collections after certain colours. How they managed to keep track of what was in each collection, I'll never know!

When I first got my Kindle, I used to make collections based on either genre or author surname, depending on how many books I'd managed to collect by a specific author. For example: I had both a Horror collection and a King collection. All of my Stephen King books were in the Horror collection, but obviously only my Stephen King books were in the King collection.

These days, it's simpler. I don't keep that many books on my Kindle at once -- at most, one or two complete series (at the moment I have Gabaldon's Outlander and McCullough's Masters of Rome) and a small handful of standalone works. I put the series in their own collections, and leave the other novels to roam free. I've never been a very creative person when it comes to Kindle customisation -- even my Kindle's name is just "If found please contact 0000-000-000." (My telephone number.)

Pangolin · 03-03-2014, 11:34 AM

This business about identifying the owner in the name and putting in contact details is great, but what happens if the battery is flat? I was wondering about putting a small sticker on the back of the case and may yet even get round to doing so. But certainly your idea Blithe is way better than nothing. Mine's called Abigail's world of books, and I don't want to change that.

Collection names: since I have discovered the wonderful send to Kindle Chrome plug in I now have a Snippets and samples, whereas before I just had Samples

And because I was desperate for the Christmas break last year, I had a Christmas collection which I created a couple of week's before the holiday and then added to: snowy-outside, warm-fire-and-whiskey inside books like Poirot's Christmas thingumy (could it have been 'pudding'?)

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03-02-2014, 02:26 AM	#16
Blithe Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kindle 3	I used to be a member of an Amazon Kindle group on GoodReads, and there was a great discussion on collections (and device names) -- some people came up with the most interesting ideas, some people even naming their collections after certain colours. How they managed to keep track of what was in each collection, I'll never know! When I first got my Kindle, I used to make collections based on either genre or author surname, depending on how many books I'd managed to collect by a specific author. For example: I had both a Horror collection and a King collection. All of my Stephen King books were in the Horror collection, but obviously only my Stephen King books were in the King collection. These days, it's simpler. I don't keep that many books on my Kindle at once -- at most, one or two complete series (at the moment I have Gabaldon's Outlander and McCullough's Masters of Rome) and a small handful of standalone works. I put the series in their own collections, and leave the other novels to roam free. I've never been a very creative person when it comes to Kindle customisation -- even my Kindle's name is just "If found please contact 0000-000-000." (My telephone number.)

03-03-2014, 11:34 AM	#17
Pangolin Pangolin Posts: 204 Karma: 1243880 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Brussels, Belgium Device: PW 2	This business about identifying the owner in the name and putting in contact details is great, but what happens if the battery is flat? I was wondering about putting a small sticker on the back of the case and may yet even get round to doing so. But certainly your idea Blithe is way better than nothing. Mine's called Abigail's world of books, and I don't want to change that. Collection names: since I have discovered the wonderful send to Kindle Chrome plug in I now have a Snippets and samples, whereas before I just had Samples And because I was desperate for the Christmas break last year, I had a Christmas collection which I created a couple of week's before the holiday and then added to: snowy-outside, warm-fire-and-whiskey inside books like Poirot's Christmas thingumy (could it have been 'pudding'?)

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