Top 4 Ways to Create a Collection on Kindle: People who read a lot often have trouble finding a single book in their ever-growing Kindle library. This is very important if more than one person is using the same Kindle. When this happens, some kind of order is thought to be needed. All Kindles have a useful feature called “Collections” that lets you arrange your books in a way that makes them easy to find and makes it clear which books are yours and which are being read by other people.
How do I get Kindle collections?
Collections is an organization tool for your Kindle that lets you group books together by type, category, author, publisher, or any other way you can think of. ‘Collections’ are basically Kindle boxes, so you could put together groups of books that don’t have anything in common other than the need to be kept separate from other books. It’s a good idea to make collections if they help you split books and make it easy to find things without having to look through the whole library.
How to put together a Kindle collection
The steps you need to take to make a collection on Kindle can be different depending on where you are doing it (on a Kindle device, the Kindle app, the Amazon website, etc.).
Step 1: On a Kindle
Here’s how to put together a collection on a Kindle.
To make a new collection on your Kindle, go to the Home screen and tap on the three dots in the upper right corner. Then tell it a name. First, press and hold on a book in your library. Then, choose “Add To Collection” and pick the book’s new home.
Get your Kindle out. Tap the three dots in the upper right part of the Home screen.
- Pick “Make a New Collection.”
- Call this group something, then press “Create.”
- Check the boxes next to the books you want to add to this group, then click “Save.”
- You can also tap the three dots in the bottom right corner of a book or hold down on a title.
- Click on Add to or Remove from Collection.
- Pick out the group you want to add this book to, then tap “Save.”
- Tap on the View button (three lines across the top right corner) to see your collection.
- Press on Collections.
- It lets you see your groups.
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Step 2: Open the Kindle desktop app
These steps will show you how to make groups on the Kindle desktop app.
In the pane on the left, click Groups. In the top menu, click + Create. Give your group a name, and then click Create. Pick out the books you want to add to this collection, then click “Done” to finish.
- In the left pane of the Kindle for PC app, open it up and choose Collections.
- At the top, click the “+ Create” button.
- Select a name for your group and click on Create.
- Click on all of the files you want to add to this group.
- To finish, click “Done” at the top.
- Press OK.
Step 3: Go to the Amazon website
Amazon also lets you make a collection and add books to it right from the site. How to do it:
Go to Amazon.com and go to “Account & Lists.” Then, choose “Manage Your Content and Devices.” From the “View” menu, choose “Collections” and then “Create new collection.” Click “Make new collection” and give it a name. Now, go to “View” and choose “Books.” Then, click “More actions” next to a book, then “Add or Remove from Collection” and pick the collection you want to add it to.
- Go to Amazon.com, click on “Account & Lists,” and then click on “Manage Your Content and Devices.”
- Click on the View button in the “Content” tab.
- Pick out Collections.
- Press “Make a new collection.”
- Pick a name for this group and click on “Make new group.”
- Once more, click on the View button.
- Choose Books.
- When you find the book you want to add, click on “More actions.”
- You can add or remove things from the collection.
- Pick out the group that you want to add this book to.
- Click on “Make changes” to confirm.
- To add more than one book to a collection, check the boxes next to the books’ names and then choose “Add to Collections.”
- Pick out your collection again and click “Make changes.”
Step 4: To use the Kindle app on phone and tablet.
You can also make groups with the Kindle app for Android and iOS phones. How to do it:
In the Kindle app, go to Library > View (three lines across the screen) and pick Collections. Press “Make a new collection.” Pick out the books you want to add to your collection and give it a name.
- Open the Kindle app and tap on Library at the bottom. Then tap on View in the upper right spot, which looks like three lines crossing each other.
- Click on Collections and then on Make a New Collection.
- In the Create screen, give your collection a name and then tap on the books you want to add.
- In the upper right spot, tap “Add.” After adding something, go back to your Library to see your Collections.
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FAQ
Here are some questions that people often ask about making groups on Kindle.
Can I make groups on my Kindle?
You can sort and arrange your books on your Kindle by making collections, which are like folders but for books.
How do I find my groups in the Kindle app?
You can see collections in your Kindle Library by going to View.
Collections make it easy to sort and organize your Kindle library. They’re great for people who have a lot of e-books on their device. We hope this guide helped you set up and take care of your Kindle collections. Until then! Read on.
