Fixing My Collections

Tarana · 06-09-2020, 07:34 PM

Now that I finally understand (after years) how Kindle Collections works and only have two other family members linked to my account, I want to fix my Collections.

When I look at Collections, there are multiples of categories (i.e. Scifi, Scifi and Fantasy, Fantasy and Sci fi) mostly because these were set up on kindles instead of online. How can I sort this out so that I only have two categories (Science Fiction, Fantasy)? The easy way I thought would be to delete all the categories and start from scratch, but how do I do that with the cloud categories? Is there a 'delete all' button somewhere?

The second question is how to get the categories on ereaders? The instructions I see is for a newly freshly formatted unit. Do I need to do that to get them there?

tomsem · 06-09-2020, 09:15 PM

The older Kindles do not support Cloud Collections (for sure anything older than PW1 and maybe PW1 PW2?), you were able to import previously used ones, but then you had to one by one add items to them. If you family members have those, And you have something newer than PW3 then there will not be any collisions. You can do all the Cloud collection management on the newer Kindles (eg Voyage, KBasic8, PW3). On library Tap ALL to list all books. Then Tap FILTER. Collections will show at bottom of the options listed, you might need to scroll to it so you can tap on it. It will list all of the Cloud collections. tap and hold to Rename, Delete etc (or tap the 3dot menu to right of each).

Whether pre-cloud or not, you can delete any you don’t use.

The Kindle has a Term ‘download collection’. It’s not necessary, you can always add/remove items without having them appear all the time On home screen, and You can always toggle to ALL/CLOUD to see them listed (Using Filter) if you want to see them.

You can also turn off sync as well on the family kindles. That will keep reading position local to their device (and collections too I think). If that’s the only reading device they have then there’s not much reason to sync.

That said, Collections are pretty limited and Cumbersome and I use them sparingly: Current, Next, Favorites and that is about it. It’s no longer necessary to have one for Read, as that is now a property you can set per book.

Tarana · 06-11-2020, 08:05 PM

Thank you. This helped tremendously. (I didn't see the scroll! No wonder I couldn't find Collections!). Yeah, not perfect but my sis only reads scifi and Mom only reads Historical Fiction, Murder Mysteries and Science Fiction. So at least when they are looking for something and I'm not available to sideload, they can look in those folders.

06-09-2020, 07:34 PM	#1
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,986 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Fixing My Collections Now that I finally understand (after years) how Kindle Collections works and only have two other family members linked to my account, I want to fix my Collections. When I look at Collections, there are multiples of categories (i.e. Scifi, Scifi and Fantasy, Fantasy and Sci fi) mostly because these were set up on kindles instead of online. How can I sort this out so that I only have two categories (Science Fiction, Fantasy)? The easy way I thought would be to delete all the categories and start from scratch, but how do I do that with the cloud categories? Is there a 'delete all' button somewhere? The second question is how to get the categories on ereaders? The instructions I see is for a newly freshly formatted unit. Do I need to do that to get them there?

06-09-2020, 09:15 PM	#2
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,555 Karma: 26960637 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	The older Kindles do not support Cloud Collections (for sure anything older than PW1 and maybe PW1 PW2?), you were able to import previously used ones, but then you had to one by one add items to them. If you family members have those, And you have something newer than PW3 then there will not be any collisions. You can do all the Cloud collection management on the newer Kindles (eg Voyage, KBasic8, PW3). On library Tap ALL to list all books. Then Tap FILTER. Collections will show at bottom of the options listed, you might need to scroll to it so you can tap on it. It will list all of the Cloud collections. tap and hold to Rename, Delete etc (or tap the 3dot menu to right of each). Whether pre-cloud or not, you can delete any you don’t use. The Kindle has a Term ‘download collection’. It’s not necessary, you can always add/remove items without having them appear all the time On home screen, and You can always toggle to ALL/CLOUD to see them listed (Using Filter) if you want to see them. You can also turn off sync as well on the family kindles. That will keep reading position local to their device (and collections too I think). If that’s the only reading device they have then there’s not much reason to sync. That said, Collections are pretty limited and Cumbersome and I use them sparingly: Current, Next, Favorites and that is about it. It’s no longer necessary to have one for Read, as that is now a property you can set per book. Last edited by tomsem; 06-09-2020 at 09:21 PM.

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06-11-2020, 08:05 PM	#3
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,986 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Thank you. This helped tremendously. (I didn't see the scroll! No wonder I couldn't find Collections!). Yeah, not perfect but my sis only reads scifi and Mom only reads Historical Fiction, Murder Mysteries and Science Fiction. So at least when they are looking for something and I'm not available to sideload, they can look in those folders.

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