Once you’ve downloaded a few dozen books to your Kindle, it becomes difficult to keep everything organized.
Here’s how to organize your Amazon Kindle library through several simple steps.
On the home screen, tap theLibrarytab at the bottom to see a list of your books.
it’s possible for you to also view your books byCollections(if you’ve set any up).
To filter your books, tap theFiltersicon on the left.
From there, hitRemove downloadto take the book out of the library on your Kindle.
This removes it from your gear, but you’ve got the option to restore the book later.
Do not selectPermanently deleteunless you want to erase the book from your account entirely.
If you do this, you’ll need to buy the book again to access it.
To hide them, open theFiltersbutton and chooseDownloaded.
This will only show books that are on your equipment, making your library much easier to manage.
As we discussed above, the Kindle platform provides some sorting options that make this a lot easier.
For ease of use, we recommend usingListview.
TapSort(three lines) at the top-right of the library and selectListunderView options.
It’s convenient since it puts the book that you were last reading at the top of the list.
TheCollectionviewing option is different.
Below, we discuss how to put your books into Collections, which are the Kindle equivalent of folders.
Sorting byCollections, however, is different.
This allows you to show only certain types of content to further organize your Kindle.
When you haveFilteroptions applied inside aCollection, the counts in the menu show only for titles in that Collection.
This makes it easy to see, for example, how many unread books you have in yourFavoritesCollection.
Keeping your books organized in Collections makes it a lot easier to find what you’re looking for.
You should first make a new Collection if you don’t have any.
punch in in a name for the Collection.
TapOKafter entering a name to create it.
After you create your Collection, your Kindle will prompt you to add books to it.
ChooseAdd or remove itemsto manage it.
Repeat the above steps to create as many Collections as you’d like.
How you organize your Kindle library using them is up to you.
Just start typing the book’s title or author, and you’ll see an instant list of results.
Utilize Reading Lists
Another handy organizational tool of your Kindle is the Reading Lists feature.
This page also shows any samples that you’ve downloaded to your rig.
you’re free to remove samples from your library and take books off your wish lists here.
Long-press to launch the item’s menu.
From there, go toDevice Options > Advanced Optionsand selectHome & Library.
Here, disableGroup Series in Libraryif you prefer to have books in a series listed as separate entries.
They’ll also show normally if you download an audiobook to your Kindle.
This can help reduce clutter if you own a lot of audiobooks.
Note that switching to this option won’t remove any audiobooks currently on your Kindle.
Thankfully, you might log into your Amazon account to manage your Kindle library from the web.
There, you’re able to easily create new Collections and move books into or out of them.
These changes will sync to your Kindle, saving you time and hassle.
Head to theDigital Content pageunderManage Your Content and Deviceson Amazon to use this tool.
To go even further, tryorganizing your Kindle library using Calibre.
Don’t let hundreds of books pile up on your rig.
Keeping your library tidy is only part of mastering your Kindle.
There are many other tips that make the overall reading experience better, too.
