Two questions on the way Kindle lists books.

(21 Oct 2012 07:42 AM)Aitch372 Wrote:  Is it possible to have book titles listed in 'Collection' only? When I move a book into a Collection category, it goes there, but is also shown in the main list. To me this double entry makes the list unnecessarily long and cumbersome. I would much prefer to have a shorter list and find a title by accessing Collection directly. Can this be done in any way?

(21 Oct 2012 07:42 AM)Aitch372 Wrote:  Another question. I prefer to have authors listed as, for example, Dickens, Charles and kept in a strict alphabetical order rather than showing first names first as seems usual. Can this be done in some way?

(21 Oct 2012 08:36 AM)Phil Wrote:  

(21 Oct 2012 07:42 AM)Aitch372 Wrote:  Is it possible to have book titles listed in 'Collection' only? When I move a book into a Collection category, it goes there, but is also shown in the main list. To me this double entry makes the list unnecessarily long and cumbersome. I would much prefer to have a shorter list and find a title by accessing Collection directly. Can this be done in any way?

If you sort "By Collections" this does what you want.

Press Home, cursor to the the top of the list where is shows the number of books on the left and on the right the sort method. Cursor to the right and then select Collections

BTW I'm using a Kindle Keyboard so it may be a little different on yours

Thanks Phil,
I should have picked that up myself. Very grateful. Mine is the standard £89 Kindle (V4 I believe).

(21 Oct 2012 07:42 AM)Aitch372 Wrote:  Another question. I prefer to have authors listed as, for example, Dickens, Charles and kept in a strict alphabetical order rather than showing first names first as seems usual. Can this be done in some way?

You can rename books outside of the Kindle using something like Calibre, but I found it messed up with purchased books and the Kindle sometimes complained the books were corrupt. You may have more luck now with Calibre but I gave up. Also to fix your first question you need to be sorting on collections which will then mess up the alphabetical sort anyway. I prefer to leave it on sort By Collections