A little tip regarding collections

[franklekens]

Eh... "right" click?

[Madmanden]

Originally Posted by franklekens

Eh... "right" click?

Whatever you wanna call it. Clicking right on the 5-way controller.

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by brewjono

I downloaded the Kindle Collection Manager from here:-

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94261

It was excellent.

All my collections done on the PC with a real keyboard and mouse.

Brewjono.

Is there also a version for a macbook?

[ProfCrash]

Or pushing right on the joystick for the DX and K2 users.

[apriluofa]

Originally Posted by tlrowley

And don't forget that when you're adding books to collections, you can select "Menu->add all books on this page" to make things go even faster.

Gah... FFS!

I was trying to figure out how to do that and finally gave up and just went down the page selecting them one-by-one. Thanks for the tip, at least I'll be better informed next time

[Top Tomato]

Add me to the moron club. Awesome tip.

[Jcas]

Thanks for these tips, makes it easy when we know how

[reech]

That helped, while I'm waiting for a Kindle Collection app - the 'add by page thing' is fantastic.

Now, if only it didn't display series I've imported from my old Sony (via Calibre) is 'most recent first' (i.e. last in the series first!) that'd be perfect. But that's a minor thing compared to the fact that the screen is bootiful

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by apriluofa

Gah... FFS!

I was trying to figure out how to do that and finally gave up and just went down the page selecting them one-by-one. Thanks for the tip, at least I'll be better informed next time

Not so obvious for me was that one has to be IN a Collection- click on Menu to get the ' add/remove items' and from that again on menu to get the ' Add all items on this page' option. Now I just go for the whole page and deselect the ones I don't want in the Collection: in some cases practical.
Also, in the beginning, I sometimes forgot to click ' done' at the bottom of the page.

[koland]

Originally Posted by desertblues

Also, in the beginning, I sometimes forgot to click ' done' at the bottom of the page.

I never click Done - doesn't make any difference under the original or 3.01 firmware, as it sticks it in the collection immediately when you click, it appears.

[desertblues]

Thnx, didn't know that.

[Piper_]

Originally Posted by Pushka

Me too Harry T! My K3 left side page turn buttons dont work properly anymore so I have to do the collections thing all over again....

Pushka, you won't have to redo your collections.

Before you return your K3, make sure to do a sync with Amazon. You should also do a backup onto your PC drive, just in case.

When you get your new K3,

1. add all your books,

THEN

2. import your collections file.

The simplest way to import the collections file is from your Kindle:
From Home, find and open your Archives, and then select
[Add other device collections].

Select the name of the Kindle you returned, and voila! It'll import your collections file and all the books you have on your Kindle will fall into their appropriate collections just like that.

[whitearrow]

Unfortunately, that only works for Amazon books.

[Piper_]

Originally Posted by whitearrow

Unfortunately, that only works for Amazon books.

Oh, now that just stinks. Mine only had Amazon books on it when I did the swap, so I never noticed.

Will copying the collections.json file or whole backup from disk still work?