I do have a few collections, and I tend to use the 2nd way described, even to add a single book. Works just fine, but I may try the other method, just to see if I like it better. Shoshana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Kiehne" <russ94577@xxxxxxxxx> To: <vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:21 AM Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: collections What follows is from the manual on how to use this feature with some comments of mine along the way. 1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. 2. Press the Menu button and use the 5-way to select "Create New Collection." 3. Use the keyboard to enter the name of your collection. Press the Symbol key to enter symbols and numbers. There's no tts when you type in the name of your collection. I took my time typing in the names of my collections and had no problems. 4. Use the 5-way to select "save." I used down arrow to find the save option. 5. Your collection is created and displayed on the Home screen. The very first time that you create a collection, the sort order changes to sort by collections on the Home screen. To change the sort order, move the 5-way up to underline"By Collections", and then move the 5-way to the right to choose another sort option. Adding an Item to a Collection Collections give you the flexibility to add an item to as many collections as needed. For example, you can add the same book to collections called "History" and "My Favorite Authors." To add an item to one or more collections, follow these steps: 1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. 2. Use the 5-way to navigate to the item you want to add to a collection. 3. Move the 5-way to the right to view the item's detail page. 4. On the item's detail page, use the 5-way to select "Add to Collection." 5. A screen showing all of your collections and the number of items in each is displayed. Use the 5-way to select each collection you want to add the item to. If you have many collections you can use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons to see them all. I used down arrow to find the collection I want to add to. 6. After you add the item to a collection the item count for the collection is increased and a checkmark appears to the right of the collection. You can also remove the item from a collection by using the 5-way to select the collection again and the checkmark will disappear. 7. When you are done adding the item to your collections, use the 5-way to select "Done" at the bottom of the screen. You can also press the Home or Back buttons and your changes will be saved. I used the Home button to save my Changes. Adding Multiple Items to a Collection Collections also let you efficiently add multiple items to a single collection. This is useful for organizing similar types of items into one collection in a single pass. To add multiple items to a collection, follow these steps: 1. If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button. 2. Use the 5-way to navigate to the collection you want to add items to. 3. There are two ways to start the process: Move the 5-way to the right to view the collection's detail page. On the collection's detail page use the 5-way to select "Add/Remove Items." or- Use the 5-way to select the collection and see all the items in the collection. Press the Menu button and select "Add/Remove Items." 4. A screen showing all of your items is displayed. Use the 5-way to select each item you want to add to the collection. If you have many items you can use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons to see them all. 5. After you add each item to the collection a checkmark appears to the right of the item. You can also remove the item from the collection by using the 5-way to select the item again and the checkmark will disappear. The tts will speak the status of these checkmarks. 6. When you are done adding the item to your collections, use the 5-way to select "Done" at the bottom of the screen. You can also press the Home or Back buttons and your work will be saved. I used the Home button to save my changes. -----Original Message----- From: Jessica Brown Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 7:14 AM To: kindle Subject: [vi-kindle] collections What is a collection? How do I create, edit and delete one?