Cloud Collections: Compared, Contrasted, and Critiqued

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by nynaevelan

LOL, now that would never do, I do not maintain all my audibles on my device, no room for them, and I buy a lot of wsv matching books. Does that only happen on the new Fires, it doesn't happen on my 2012 HD. Is mine considered a first generation HD, I forgot when the HDs came out?

It's probably a bug that needs to be fixed. I had to take my books off because of it downloads the matching Audible.

• Kindle Fire 2011 (1st Generation)
• Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD 2012 (2nd Generation)
• Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire HDX 2013 (3rd Generation)

[nynaevelan]

Thanks a bunch, Amazon makes it so confusing to tell which is which, that's why I kept calling it the HD 2012.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by nynaevelan

Thanks a bunch, Amazon makes it so confusing to tell which is which, that's why I kept calling it the HD 2012.

I called mine KFHD2 So yours could be KFHD1. Now here's the thing the KFHD2 is not a upgrade of the KFHD1 but a upgrade of the KFv2. They just changed the name so many get confused thinking they removed features like the camera but in truth the KFv2 never had those but the KFHD1 did so yes Amazon pretty much took features from the KFHD1 and the KFv2 and make the KFHD2.

[tomsem]

You can turn off 'highest quality' and audiobooks will take about half the space, & you may not notice much difference. Of course they also download more quickly.

Yes, they should ask before downloading. But then what if you change your mind, etc.

I prefer to think KFHD2 as a completely new model, since the only think it has in common with last year's KFHD is the screen. It isn't v2 of anything. But KDHD2013 takes 3 more keystrokes.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by tomsem

You can turn off 'highest quality' and audiobooks will take about half the space, & you may not notice much difference. Of course they also download more quickly.

Yes, they should ask before downloading. But then what if you change your mind, etc.

I prefer to think KFHD2 as a completely new model, since the only think it has in common with last year's KFHD is the screen. It isn't v2 of anything. But KDHD2013 takes 3 more keystrokes.

Actually it doesn't let you choose as soon as you open the book it downloads the Audible. It always the Enhanced version there is no way to change that I have found.

[nynaevelan]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Actually it doesn't let you choose as soon as you open the book it downloads the Audible. It always the Enhanced version there is no way to change that I have found.

Most likely it is downloading the format that you have set up as your default on the Audible site. I assume if you changed it to another format there it would change what is automatically downloaded.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by nynaevelan

Most likely it is downloading the format that you have set up as your default on the Audible site. I assume if you changed it to another format there it would change what is automatically downloaded.

I tried what you suggested but it's still downloading the Enhanced. I am thinking it's because it's Immersion Reading it has to be Enhanced.

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Actually it doesn't let you choose as soon as you open the book it downloads the Audible. It always the Enhanced version there is no way to change that I have found.

There is a Setting on the Fire (in Audiobooks 'tab' menu). Change that, and anything you download after that should not be enhanced.

I don't think the setting on audible.com has any effect, except for stuff you download to the computer to copy to iTunes or to MP3 player.

[dleighb]

I found this thread in a desperate attempt to figure out if there was anyway to be able to add to my PW2 all my books via USB and then manually add them to collections. Apparently not easily. I get that warning message every time and let's not forget about the fact that when I go to manage a collection, it shows all the books on my Cloud which I could care less about as I already have them in my own files.

And then I discovered the Calibre Collections feature that made me excited but then not excited when I learned that it doesn't yet support the PW2. So, now I patiently wait and hope and pray that ixtab is able to update his collections manager file to support the PW2.

I would think that it would be easy enough to be able to have the option not to show your books on the cloud when trying to manage your collections. Amazon must be taking a page from Apple whose products I refuse to buy because of their proprietary attitudes.

My husband loves his PW1, so he bought me this for Christmas to replace my Kindle 3. So far, my Christmas gift has been a big, frustrating dud.

[eschwartz]

Kindle Collections manager:

Originally Posted by ixtab

OK, final short update and teaser

It's working on 5.4.0, and I implemented the possibility of independent sort for upper/lower panel. I am now at implementing the "sync" functionality (drag up/down to jump to the respective collection in the other panel).

I have to rush to catch a plane now... bye bye Europe, hello Africa! I'll be back in Mid January and will release a new version then. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all!

Hopefully shortly after this, the tweaked collections plugin will be updated to interface with this.

You will probably still have to downgrade to firmware v5.4.0 which is now possible since ixtab got a flashed main partition and it can used to overwrite the later firmware. See here: http://ixtab.tk/kindle-touch-images/PW2/README.txt

[nynaevelan]

Originally Posted by dleighb

My husband loves his PW1, so he bought me this for Christmas to replace my Kindle 3. So far, my Christmas gift has been a big, frustrating dud.

If you still have your K3, create and update your collections on there, and then sync them to the cloud, they will then sync to the pw2 from the cloud. Keep in mind this will only work with the Amazon books, Cloud Collections no longer sync non-Amazon books, but at least this way you will not have to start from the very beginning.

You could also use Calibre's Plugboard feature to give your books a naming convention that will help to put them in the collections more easily. This is the method I used, though it still took me about two weeks to get everything as I wanted it, but keep in mind I have a very large library.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by nynaevelan

You could also use Calibre's Plugboard feature to give your books a naming convention that will help to put them in the collections more easily. This is the method I used, though it still took me about two weeks to get everything as I wanted it, but keep in mind I have a very large library.

<inside information>How much of those two weeks was just waiting for me to come along and create a plugboard for those tags? </inside information>

[nynaevelan]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

<inside information>How much of those two weeks was just waiting for me to come along and create a plugboard for those tags? </inside information>

Actually none. I had decided I was going to fix the secondary collections once the firmware was improved. But then you did all that amazing work for me and voila, all the necessary info is there. I just haven't went in and fixed them yet. Being lazy this winter break...

[dleighb]

Makes note to go research what Calibre's Plugboard feature is.

I am so not technically savvy and frequently feel like I am reading a foreign language.

[nynaevelan]

Originally Posted by dleighb

Makes note to go research what Calibre's Plugboard feature is.

I am so not technically savvy and frequently feel like I am reading a foreign language.

Me too, but if you ask the question of what you are trying to accomplish, there are some very savvy people there who will help you accomplish what you are trying to attempt.