Creating collections of downloaded books on paperwhite

welshgirl1 · 07-21-2016, 06:23 AM

Hi. I recently broke the screen on my trusty kindle. Devastated is an understatement. I had arranged over 500 books into different collections...I couldn't wait to get my new paperwhite but I have tried different ways to create collections and have failed. Tried calibre and they didn't go into a collections and I can't get the covers to show either. It's a new paperwhite, 7th generation and it's firmware is 5.8.1 . Any advice would be gratefully accepted as instead of enjoying reading on my new kindle I'm pulling my hair out! I'm even up to jailbreak it as I'm sick of amazon making things difficult but am unsure as haven't seen any guides to this firmware. Thanks in advance

amazon author · 07-21-2016, 08:38 AM

You should be able to copy all the files to your computer using file manager.

welshgirl1 · 07-21-2016, 08:48 AM

Hi. Thanks for answering. I've got all the books off the old kindle. It's just trying to organise them on the new one. On my old one I had history, fiction, health... can't figure out how to do it. My old seemed easier to manage than this. Or I'm completely stupid ha!

septentrion · 07-21-2016, 08:58 AM

This is what I do: I sync my (soon to be) old Kindle and my collections are registered in the cloud. When I put books on my new kindle, I change the collections I want to appear from cloud to downloaded and then I sync the new kindle. In seconds, my books usually are put in their right collections.

What this clear?

eschwartz · 07-21-2016, 09:47 AM

If your books are sideloaded and not part of Amazon's Cloud, then your collections won't sync.

In which case, your only option is to use our thirdparty collections management software.

Go to the Kindle Developer's Corner subforum, and check the jailbreak index, which will point you to our current universal software jailbreak (should be on the first page of threads anyway

).
Then install the Kindle Collections plugin from the calibre plugin index, and follow the directions to manage your collections from calibre. It will require either Collections Manager (Kindlet) or LibrarianSync (KUAL extension) on your jailbroken Kindle.

welshgirl1 · 07-21-2016, 09:52 AM

Yes. They are sideloaded books. I have a few from amazon but not many. Cheers for that, ive been looking at the jailbreak thread and scared I'm going to brick it. But hey...im not reading much at the mo as I'm getting frustrated by it. Cheers for the advice, gosh they make things so awkward don't they. Thanks again x

eschwartz · 07-21-2016, 10:00 AM

A lot of people have successfully jailbroken.

It is a method that is risky in theory, but has been used enough that we are pretty confident in it. Except for the PW3 which sometimes got bricked on a factory image that has since been delisted.
And the handful of problem reports stopped coming.

07-21-2016, 06:23 AM	#1
welshgirl1 Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: kindle paperwhite	Creating collections of downloaded books on paperwhite Hi. I recently broke the screen on my trusty kindle. Devastated is an understatement. I had arranged over 500 books into different collections...I couldn't wait to get my new paperwhite but I have tried different ways to create collections and have failed. Tried calibre and they didn't go into a collections and I can't get the covers to show either. It's a new paperwhite, 7th generation and it's firmware is 5.8.1 . Any advice would be gratefully accepted as instead of enjoying reading on my new kindle I'm pulling my hair out! I'm even up to jailbreak it as I'm sick of amazon making things difficult but am unsure as haven't seen any guides to this firmware. Thanks in advance

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07-21-2016, 08:38 AM	#2
amazon author Cracking Coding Interview Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: iPhone	You should be able to copy all the files to your computer using file manager.

07-21-2016, 08:48 AM	#3
welshgirl1 Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: kindle paperwhite	Hi. Thanks for answering. I've got all the books off the old kindle. It's just trying to organise them on the new one. On my old one I had history, fiction, health... can't figure out how to do it. My old seemed easier to manage than this. Or I'm completely stupid ha!

07-21-2016, 08:58 AM	#4
septentrion Addict Posts: 286 Karma: 5125274 Join Date: May 2012 Location: France Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2014, Kindle Voyage and Kindle Oasis 2	This is what I do: I sync my (soon to be) old Kindle and my collections are registered in the cloud. When I put books on my new kindle, I change the collections I want to appear from cloud to downloaded and then I sync the new kindle. In seconds, my books usually are put in their right collections. What this clear?

07-21-2016, 09:47 AM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	If your books are sideloaded and not part of Amazon's Cloud, then your collections won't sync. In which case, your only option is to use our thirdparty collections management software. Go to the Kindle Developer's Corner subforum, and check the jailbreak index, which will point you to our current universal software jailbreak (should be on the first page of threads anyway ). Then install the Kindle Collections plugin from the calibre plugin index, and follow the directions to manage your collections from calibre. It will require either Collections Manager (Kindlet) or LibrarianSync (KUAL extension) on your jailbroken Kindle.

07-21-2016, 09:52 AM	#6
welshgirl1 Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2016 Device: kindle paperwhite	Yes. They are sideloaded books. I have a few from amazon but not many. Cheers for that, ive been looking at the jailbreak thread and scared I'm going to brick it. But hey...im not reading much at the mo as I'm getting frustrated by it. Cheers for the advice, gosh they make things so awkward don't they. Thanks again x

07-21-2016, 10:00 AM	#7
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	A lot of people have successfully jailbroken. It is a method that is risky in theory, but has been used enough that we are pretty confident in it. Except for the PW3 which sometimes got bricked on a factory image that has since been delisted. And the handful of problem reports stopped coming.