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What is Collection in Kindle? Useful Ways to Organize

An explanation of the Collection feature in Amazon Kindle. This guide covers its basic functions and practical ways to use it effectively.

Modified at: 2025.9.11Posted at: 2024.6.3

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Table Of Contents

  1. Collections Are "Folders" in the Library
  2. Benefits of Kindle Collections
  3. Tips for Managing Kindle Collections

Collections Are "Folders" in the Library

A Collection is a feature that allows you to organize Kindle books and personal documents stored in Amazon’s Kindle service. Think of it as similar to folders on a PC or smartphone.

Collections can be added, deleted, and managed not only from Kindle devices and Kindle apps but also from the web management page.

Benefits of Kindle Collections

The most useful aspect of Kindle Collections is not only the ability to organize Kindle books, but also the ability to “bulk download” and “bulk remove downloads.”

For example, if a comic series has 80 volumes, without Collections you would need to tap the download button 80 times in the Kindle device or app. But if those books are grouped into a Collection, you can simply use the “Download All” option from the Collection sub-menu to download the entire set at once.

This is very convenient because:

  1. Bulk download the Kindle books in a Collection whenever you want to read them.
  2. After finishing, bulk remove the downloads.

With this workflow, it becomes easy to only download books to your Kindle or smartphone “when you need to read them.”

This method helps reduce storage usage on Kindle devices with limited capacity, as well as on smartphones and tablets that are already filled with other data.

Tips for Managing Kindle Collections

Best to Create Collections and Add Kindle Books via the Web Page

While you can create and manage Collections from a Kindle device or app, managing over 100 books works best through the web-based “Manage Your Content and Devices” page.

On the web management page, you can bulk select books, add them to Collections, or remove them, making Kindle Collection management much smoother.

Collections Can Be Assigned in Multiple Ways

Although Kindle Collections work like folders in practice, system-wise they function more like tags. This means a single Kindle book can belong to multiple Collections.

By leveraging this, you can assign multiple Collections such as:

  1. Author name
  2. Series title
  3. Genre

This makes it convenient to search and access books from different perspectives.