Take your time. I hope you love (as much as I do) organizing your stuff with the Collections feature on your Kindle. Everyone is different, so your Collection names will be able to be very personalized...perfect for your needs and easy for you to find your stuff later. Think of a Collection as a folder of sorts. It isn't actually a folder. If you were to look inside the documents folder on your Kindle, you would not see your collections named as folders. They look more like just another file. While looking at these Collections on the Home screen of your Kindle though, they act more like a folder would, for organizing your books by whatever name you want to organize them by. Savor the experience and enjoy every moment of organizing your books and personal files. Here's how you do it.
- With the Home screen displayed on your Kindle, press the Menu button.
- Toggle the 5-way switch down to the words Create New Collection (don't you just love it!) and press in on the switch to show the Create Collection entry at the bottom of the screen.
- Type in a name for your Collection. Capital letters are not necessary (I don't use them myself), but you certainly can if you want to.
- Toggle the 5-way switch down once so the word save is highlighted.
- Press in on the 5-way to make it happen. You will see your Collection name appear at the top of your Home screen list of books.
Delete a Collection
Toggle the 5-way so the collection name you want to remove is underlined. Toggle the switch to the left once. You will see the word delete highlighted. Press in on the 5-way. You will see a message stating This collection will be permanently deleted, but the contents will not be affected and will remain on your Kindle. Would you like to continue? You will see the word OK highlighted. Press in on the 5-way switch to delete the collection, or toggle the switch to the left to highlight the word cancel and press in on that if you change your mind. You can also rename a collection without disturbing or changing any of the contents. They just go along for the ride... no problem!
Another quick way to get started (add books to collections)
- Toggle the 5-way switch to a book you want to put in a Collection (think of a Collection as a folder). When you have the book underlined (selected), toggle the 5-way switch to the right so you can see any options available.
- You will see the words Add to Collection listed (and underlined) at the top of the list of choices. Press in on the switch to make it happen.
- Toggle the five-way until you see the collection you want to add your book to underlined, or you can toggle to the bottom and press in on the switch when you get to the words Create New Collection. If you choose Create New Collection, type in the name for your new collection and go from there.
- If you choose to organize your Home screen by Collections (a new choice at the top right of the Home screen), the last collection (folder) you access will be listed at the top, and below the last collection name, your newest book or blog.
Additional Notes:
- Any time you want, you can press the Back button and back out of a task.
- When you toggle to the right on a book, you will see quite a few more choices than before. For quite a few books (I don't know why it is not for all you purchased on Amazon) you will see a choice of Book Description. This will take you to the Amazon Store where you can read the description of the book. This can help if you have quite a few books and can't remember what some are about, or what collection you may want to put them in.
- One thing I noticed about collections is if you sort your Home screen By Collections ( a new choice), the last collection you were in is the one listed at the top. Once your collections are established and you have all your books safely ensconced, the latest book you are reading, and the collection it is in, will be listed at the top of the Home screen list (if you sort by Collections.
- You can still choose to list your Home screen items by Most Recent First, Title, or Author any time you wish.
