JUNE 2020 PCWorld 119of books sickens most bibliophiles. The
beauty of the Kindle, though, is that
purchased books deleted from the device
aren’t truly gone—they’re still available in
your Kindle account to be downloaded
again whenever you get the urge to reread
them. It makes sense, then, to start your
organization efforts by removing any books
you’ve already read, as well as those you
don’t plan to read anytime soon. This is also
a good time to get rid of any book samples
cluttering up your library.
To get started, tap Your Library from the
Kindle home screen to get to your books. By
default, the Kindle will display all your
books—both those on the device and the
ones in the cloud. On the upper left of the
homescreen, tap Downloaded to see just
those books stored on your Kindle. Then go
to the upper right, tap Sort, and choose
either Grid or List to customize how the
books are displayed.
Personally I like Grid mode, as it lets me
easily identify books by their covers. List
mode seems to enable faster scrolling,
however, as it doesn’t load thumbnails. That
may make it better for combing through
large collections.
From this point, all you have to do is find
a book you want to remove from the Kindle.
In Grid mode, just long-tap the book cover
and select Remove From Device from the
pop-up menu. In List mode, tap the three-
dot icon at the far right of the book title and
do the same. Then move on to the next
book, and so on, until you’ve thinned your
library to your liking.HOW TO CREATE
COLLECTIONS
A Collection is essentially a virtual folder into
which you can group books by genre,
subject, or other criteria. Grouping ideas will
likely present themselves as you scroll
through your books, but one of the simplest
ways to use Collections is to sort books into
those you’ve read and those you’ve yet to
read. Really, you’re limited only by your
imagination.
There are three ways to create Collections:
on the Amazon website (called Kindle Cloud
Collections), in the Kindle app, and on the
Kindle itself. Let’s look at each in turn.
To create a Cloud Collection on the
Amazon site, go to the Your Account menuLong-
tapping
on a book
opens
options to
delete it or
add it to a
Collection.