Managing "Read Next" list on Kindle

hrynkiw · 03-26-2011, 12:16 PM

I'm a novice Kindle user, looking for a little "how do you do it" advice from you all.

As I'm working through adding backlog books to my Calibre library, I'm coming across a number of books I think I'm going to want to read in the relative near future. I'm looking for a way to add them to a Read Next shelf, figuratively speaking, on my Kindle.

My first thought was to just add a "+Read Next" tag to the book and let the Kindle Collections plugin create the collection for me.

The trouble comes when I've finished reading the book -- I don't think I can remove the tag from the book on the Kindle. Won't the book just be returned to the collection the next time I generate collections from Calibre? I'll have to remember to go back to the book in Calibre and remove the tag there.

How do you handle this?

nynaevelan · 03-26-2011, 05:10 PM

In my library I have a custom column which I use to create a collection of the books which are on my reading next list. Once I've read the book, I add the rating in Calibre along with removing the book from the custom column. And if necessary, I use the Fetch Annotations feature to download my bookmarks and notes into Calibre, then I re-convert the book with the summary section added to the first page of the book. That is so I will have a record of them in case I ever lose them later. The next time collections are created, they are updated with the latest version of the books on the list. This process is a manual process.

03-26-2011, 12:16 PM	#1
hrynkiw Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 154 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greater Vancouver, Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, iPhone, iPad	Managing "Read Next" list on Kindle I'm a novice Kindle user, looking for a little "how do you do it" advice from you all. As I'm working through adding backlog books to my Calibre library, I'm coming across a number of books I think I'm going to want to read in the relative near future. I'm looking for a way to add them to a Read Next shelf, figuratively speaking, on my Kindle. My first thought was to just add a "+Read Next" tag to the book and let the Kindle Collections plugin create the collection for me. The trouble comes when I've finished reading the book -- I don't think I can remove the tag from the book on the Kindle. Won't the book just be returned to the collection the next time I generate collections from Calibre? I'll have to remember to go back to the book in Calibre and remove the tag there. How do you handle this?

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03-26-2011, 05:10 PM	#2
nynaevelan eBook Junkie Posts: 1,526 Karma: 1464018 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle Fire 2020, Kindle PW2	In my library I have a custom column which I use to create a collection of the books which are on my reading next list. Once I've read the book, I add the rating in Calibre along with removing the book from the custom column. And if necessary, I use the Fetch Annotations feature to download my bookmarks and notes into Calibre, then I re-convert the book with the summary section added to the first page of the book. That is so I will have a record of them in case I ever lose them later. The next time collections are created, they are updated with the latest version of the books on the list. This process is a manual process.