Cloud Collection Management is launched - Page 2

Atunah · 10-07-2016, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jhowell

I believe that this is caused by the options you have selected in the two drop down menus at the top right corner of the library view. If you choose "Collections" on the left of the two then you will see only collections. If instead you choose "All items" on the left and "Collection" on the right you will see collections followed by all books that are not in any collection.

Yep, it did take me a while back then to figure that out. But it does the same as it did on the K3.

I am still finding my way around this new feature. Unfortunately its still a mess with collections not matching what I have in them on the kindles. Books that should not be in anything but the "read" collection are in other collections. But when I check on the kindle, it doesn't match. So I'll wait a bit until something catches up in the system.

Will make it easier though to browse my books on the computer and add to collections as I buy them.

I have 42 collections, I have always used them heavily.

badgoodDeb · 10-07-2016, 02:41 PM

That prompted me to keep more of my collections in the cloud, and not on my kindle. So that I can have only 1 page of collections, with one real book at the bottom, to remind me that there are books here too.

My collections tend to be more "tags". A book is in several collections, so they don't all have to be local to the kindle. For instance, a book is in "paid$" and "paid-unread" till I read it. After I read it, it is in "paid$", "done" and "read2016". So "done" and "paid-unread" live on the kindle, but the others don't. It keeps the index less cluttered, while still allowing me to tag my books.

Atunah · 10-07-2016, 02:54 PM

I don't keep all 42 collections on my kindle. I have some catchall collections like you and try to keep it to one page. I have a collection of stuff that I am reading next so I just dip in there.

badgoodDeb · 10-07-2016, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Atunah

I don't keep all 42 collections on my kindle. I have some catchall collections like you and try to keep it to one page. I have a collection of stuff that I am reading next so I just dip in there.

Yeah, I have a "MostCurrent" collection which holds stuff I really intend to read. Freebies that I may or may not sample just sit at the top level, not in any collections.

Vroo · 10-08-2016, 02:22 PM

Yesterday the collection management started to work for me.

A big drawback is that it includes ONLY books from Kindle Store (aka "Books") and not the personal documents (Docs). On Kindle devices and apps you can add both Books and Docs. I'm going to complain about it to kindle feedback, maybe they will do something.

Josieb1 · 10-08-2016, 02:57 PM

We are heavy collection users, we have about 80 odd, can't even say how many for sure, split into three distinct sections. One section is a mix of docs and books, the other two are only books. I manage them well enough on the devices. I'm not sure how useful having them on the website would be.

Tarana · 10-08-2016, 03:02 PM

Finally got collection management this morning. Right now it is unusable for me because I have 5 adults linked to my account. If you create one folder, it shows up on everybody's kindle. So, this is really a feature best suited for someone who doesn't share their account or does share an account and has limited folders.

Josieb1 · 10-08-2016, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarana

Finally got collection management this morning. Right now it is unusable for me because I have 5 adults linked to my account. If you create one folder, it shows up on everybody's kindle. So, this is really a feature best suited for someone who doesn't share their account or does share an account and has limited folders.

There are two of us on our Amazon account. I start all my MM Romance collections with my name, hubby does the same with his collections, and I have a subset of collections for non MM Romance (I.e everything else I read) for which use my middle name. So all our collections start with one of three names. Our respective kindles only show the collections we want.

shamanNS · 10-08-2016, 04:33 PM

MM romance... Poor hubby

Josieb1 · 10-08-2016, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by shamanNS

MM romance... Poor hubby

He makes me pay for it as I have to manage his kindle collections!

wakkaday · 10-08-2016, 04:57 PM

is this available in uk yet?

Tarana · 10-08-2016, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

So all our collections start with one of three names. Our respective kindles only show the collections we want.

Yes, but when you are sorting stuff into collections, going through 3 pages of them is awfully time consuming. Is there a shortcut that I don't know about?

Josieb1 · 10-08-2016, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarana

Yes, but when you are sorting stuff into collections, going through 3 pages of them is awfully time consuming. Is there a shortcut that I don't know about?

No. Eleven pages of collections to swipe through

I swipe fast, and as my MM Romance are the most bought books those collections are first

Atunah · 10-08-2016, 10:59 PM

I have 6 pages of collections if I add stuff on my kindles. So adding stuff on my computer with My content is going to be a bit faster and easier I think. But I'll still add it to "read" from my kindle once I finish a book. I am not always near my computer and its not always turned on. But for overall managing it will be quite nice.
I know my read collection is on the last page, so I just click 5 times fast on the button and its there. I may move it to the first page, not sure why I have it so far back. I use the (10), (20) and such numbers to sort by alphabet in groups.

John Hopper · 10-09-2016, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Atunah

I have 6 pages of collections if I add stuff on my kindles. So adding stuff on my computer with My content is going to be a bit faster and easier I think. But I'll still add it to "read" from my kindle once I finish a book. I am not always near my computer and its not always turned on. But for overall managing it will be quite nice.
I know my read collection is on the last page, so I just click 5 times fast on the button and its there. I may move it to the first page, not sure why I have it so far back. I use the (10), (20) and such numbers to sort by alphabet in groups.

Hi Atunah, you can press and hold the page number in the bottom right and press 5 to get there a bit more quickly. I only discovered this shortcut a couple of years after I started using Kindles.

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10-07-2016, 02:41 PM	#17
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	That prompted me to keep more of my collections in the cloud, and not on my kindle. So that I can have only 1 page of collections, with one real book at the bottom, to remind me that there are books here too. My collections tend to be more "tags". A book is in several collections, so they don't all have to be local to the kindle. For instance, a book is in "paid$" and "paid-unread" till I read it. After I read it, it is in "paid$", "done" and "read2016". So "done" and "paid-unread" live on the kindle, but the others don't. It keeps the index less cluttered, while still allowing me to tag my books. Last edited by badgoodDeb; 10-07-2016 at 02:43 PM.

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10-07-2016, 02:54 PM	#18
Atunah Wizard Posts: 1,817 Karma: 23400001 Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA Device: K1/K3/BasicK Voyage/Oasis1/Oasis3	I don't keep all 42 collections on my kindle. I have some catchall collections like you and try to keep it to one page. I have a collection of stuff that I am reading next so I just dip in there.

10-08-2016, 02:22 PM	#20
Vroo Zealot Posts: 115 Karma: 1005242 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: a lot of Kindles, PocketBook HD3/InkpadX, inkBOOK, Kobo	Yesterday the collection management started to work for me. A big drawback is that it includes ONLY books from Kindle Store (aka "Books") and not the personal documents (Docs). On Kindle devices and apps you can add both Books and Docs. I'm going to complain about it to kindle feedback, maybe they will do something.

10-08-2016, 02:57 PM	#21
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,086 Karma: 18051062 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kindle Scribe, Coloursoft, PW SE, Kindle 6, Kobo Libra 2	We are heavy collection users, we have about 80 odd, can't even say how many for sure, split into three distinct sections. One section is a mix of docs and books, the other two are only books. I manage them well enough on the devices. I'm not sure how useful having them on the website would be.

10-08-2016, 03:02 PM	#22
Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,038 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Finally got collection management this morning. Right now it is unusable for me because I have 5 adults linked to my account. If you create one folder, it shows up on everybody's kindle. So, this is really a feature best suited for someone who doesn't share their account or does share an account and has limited folders.

10-08-2016, 04:33 PM	#24
shamanNS Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle PW1	MM romance... Poor hubby

10-08-2016, 04:57 PM	#26
wakkaday Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 13126 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Kindle Oasis	is this available in uk yet?

10-08-2016, 10:59 PM	#29
Atunah Wizard Posts: 1,817 Karma: 23400001 Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA Device: K1/K3/BasicK Voyage/Oasis1/Oasis3	I have 6 pages of collections if I add stuff on my kindles. So adding stuff on my computer with My content is going to be a bit faster and easier I think. But I'll still add it to "read" from my kindle once I finish a book. I am not always near my computer and its not always turned on. But for overall managing it will be quite nice. I know my read collection is on the last page, so I just click 5 times fast on the button and its there. I may move it to the first page, not sure why I have it so far back. I use the (10), (20) and such numbers to sort by alphabet in groups.

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