![]() ![]() Read more about the plugin here customization features here. This means if you have tags that are paranormal and Paranormal, Kindle Collections will treat these as one tag instead of two different tags. Uncheck if you want to control all the collections through Calibre. These are collections that you have created on the device and not through Calibre. Check this if you have collections on the Kindle device you don’t want deleted. Collections are to help you organize, not create more pages on the device to scroll through in order to find your books. More than that and again, you’ll have pages and pages of collections with only one book. Plus, if creating collections based on authors is a nice idea if you only have five or six authors. ![]() If you download tags from Amazon or another source, it is likely that you are going to have thousands of tags with only one book in them. Creation of automatic tags: I do not advise using this feature if a) you have a ton of books on your device or b) unless your calibre metadata is very clean.Highlight the plugin and then click “customize plugin” button. ![]() You will need to find the Kindle Collections plugin which is located under “User Interface Action plugins” or type “Kindle Collections” in the search bar. Customize PluginĪfter Calibre is restarted, go to Preferences -> Plugins. You must have your Kindle connected to your computer to operate the plugin. Once you have installed the plugin, you will need to restart Calibre. Hook up the Kindle to the computer, open Calibre, and install the plugin according to instructions here. Gather your Kindle, a kindle cord, download Calibre, and the plugin. The more books you have on your device, the slower your device works particularly when loading the menu and the collections. This post walks you through the install of the plugin and the basic usage of the plugin. If you are a Calibre user, and if you aren’t, you should look into it, a programmer named meme at MobileReads created a Kindle Collections plugin which you can download here. However, books already on your Kindle that are associated with a collection will automatically appear under that collection name on your Home screen. Note: Importing a collection from another device does not import the books or other items to your Kindle if they aren’t downloaded already. This is because you don’t have the books downloaded to your device. But, Jane, you say, I have collections that are empty but on my computer, they exist. Your collections should sync across devices. Step 2: Hit “Home” and then “Menu” and then “Sync and Check for Items” The cloud symbol means that it is archived and not downloaded to your computer. This process works better if your books are downloaded instead of just archived when you are moving them. Step 1: Create a new collection or import collections from your existing device. A list of your books will appear which you can sort by “recent”, “title” and “author.” Put a check by each book you want in that particular collection or uncheck books you don’t think are appropriate to be in that collection. Check the box next to the collection where you want the book to appear and hit Done at the bottom of the screen.įrom within a collection, tap menu and then select Add/Remove Items. A pop up screen will appear and the first option is “Add to Collection”. Press and hold the cover image of a book. You can place books in more than one collection. On the Home screen, select “Recent” and then selection “Collections.” Once you have your collections created, you can sort your Home Screen content by collections. If you do delete a collection, you will not remove those books from your device, only removing the folder in which they resided. This is where you can rename a collection as well. To delete a collection, highlight the collection name, press and hold for the popup to appear and then you can choose “Delete Collection” from the choice of four options. You can organize your collections by date, by genre, or by the person who recommended it to you. I have folders called TBR, Books to Read Now, Books to Avoid, etc. Go to the Home screen and select “Create New Collection” from the menu. 1) Creating Kindle Collections on the device. And the third is using my favorite software organization program Calibre. There are three ways to create Kindle collections. Kindle Collections are basically folders on your Kindle that help organize your content. I had a couple of different posts but no one central location. I was certain that I had but I search through my archives revealed that there was a gap in the how to content pertaining to the Kindle. I received an email this week asking me whether I had a post dedicated to creating collections on the Kindle. Jane Ebooks Book Organization / Kindle 25 Comments Introduction OctoHow to create Kindle Collections on your Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle iOS App ![]()
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