I have that happening too In addition, I recently bought 5 books in a series. They downloaded and were on my kindle. Then the update happened and now I can't find them anywhere. No series listing for them, and no books.

 

You might find this a help. The E-bookreader.com

Last week Amazon released a new software update for Kindles that didn’t seem very interesting on the surface, but it turns out they did add an important new feature not mentioned in the release notes.
Kindles running firmware 5.13.4 now have the option to group books together that are in a series.
They added series support as a new option in settings that can be turned on and off by going to Settings > Device Options > Advanced Options > Home & Library > Group Series in Library.
Some folks at MobileRead noticed the new unannounced feature and have been testing it out.
After enabling the setting your Kindle will show a message on the homescreen saying this: “Kindle has begun grouping series in your library. You can view individual books by tapping on the series group cover. This feature can be turned off in settings.”
Once enabled, books that you have downloaded in a series will be grouped together automatically. It will show a cover for the first book with a number in the lower corner that indicates how many books are grouped, and when you tap the book it will open a page showing the books in series view, with a number below each book to show the order, and a link at the bottom to view the full series in the Kindle Store to easily find additional books in the series.
Series grouping is something other devices like Kobos and Nooks have had for a long time so it’s nice to see Kindles finally getting the option as well.
If you want to try out the new series grouping feature on your Kindle, just install the latest 5.13.4 software update and enable the option in settings. Unfortunately it does not appear to work with sideloaded books, only books purchased from Amazon.

Incidentally, I have the latest software update on several Kindles but none of them have this option in the settings menu. It must be being rolled out seperately to the main update.

 

You might find this a help. The E-bookreader.com


Incidentally, I have the latest software update on several Kindles but none of them have this option in the settings menu. It must be being rolled out seperately to the main update.

I just got this miserable update and cannot get rid of it because I do not have the menu option for getting rid of this nightmare. Any idea how to get another update that does have the feature to turn off the ludicrous series collections?

 

YAY!!! That is it. That solved it. They are gone now.

 

Two months on and this is an option that hasn't turned up in the settings on any of my devices, neither have my books tried to organise themselves into series. Perhaps you have to have your books sorted or filtered in a particular way?

So few people seem to have mentioned this that I'm wondering if it's not a proper feature at all but maybe some sort of beta test they're still trying out?

 

Go figure... I got this weeks ago but still can't get the damn book cover screensaver.

 

My usual settings are nothing for filter and sorting by recent. I have this feature; I don't really notice it, though, unless I'm looking at 'all'.

When I am reading a book -- or it's queued up to read soon -- it's downloaded; otherwise it's only in the cloud library. So, for example, I'm right now reading the most recent Genevieve Lenard book. I don't see the series grouping except when I have the device showing 'all', as the most recent one is the only one actually downloaded. So it's really only a bit of a bump for me when I'm looking to find the book if I didn't send it to the device.

I guess I don't think it was a necessary feature, but I also don't mind it.

BUT: if you don't like it, you CAN turn it off. Go to settings and go to Device Options. Then Advanced Options. Then Home & Library. There you can toggle the home screen view and the grouping on or off.

 

I definitely don't have this feature - or the book cover screensaver - but I find it strange because I'm sure the most recent update came out after this series feature first showed up for some people, so why wasn't it included in the update?

 

Thank you to the individual identifying the way to delete the miserable series collection. Too bad neither of the customer service people I spoke with were aware of this fix.

 

That update (series) came to my Fires before the e-ink devices. I don't mind it either way. Sometimes it is handy to have them all grouped together. They certainly buried the option for it.

 

As I recall:

The series grouping was a feature turned on after 5.13.4

The cover photo thing was turned on after 5.13.5

 

I have firmware version 5.13.6 on both my Voyages and my PW4.

While I do now have the book cover sleep screen option on all of them, there's still no sign of this series setting on any of them (even though it apparently came out two updates ago).

Maybe it's still a US only thing?

 

I finally got the update yesterday and have the cover option now. I like it.