Font Book does not allow me to move fonts into categories.

I recently started using Pages to do some desktop publishing work and I decided it would help me out to make some font categories so I can find the fonts I need quickly. I set up the categories in Font Book, but after three tries in two days am about ready to pull my hair out. I can place one or two fonts into a category folder but then it stops working. I drag a single font to the folder, the plus sign shows up like it's moving but then it never shows up in that category. If I delete the category and start over, I can get one or two fonts into the folder and then it stops working again. I had them in categories on my older macbook and never had this issue.
I've tried restarting Font Book, restarting the computer and deleting the preference files. All my software is updated to the current versions. I've searched for this problem online and haven't found any help. I'm hoping someone here can give me some advice as to how to proceed. Thanks!

Application corruption problems:
Quit the application.
You need to look in your user Library/Preferences for the .plist. Hold down the option key while using the Finder “Go To Folder” command. Enter ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.FontBook.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Open the application and test. If it works okay, delete the plist(s) from the desktop.
If the application is the same, return the .plist(s) to where you got them from, overwriting the newer ones.
If you prefer to make your user library permanently visible, use the Terminal command found below.
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/
You might want to bookmark the command. I had to use it again after I installed 10.8.4. I have also been informed that if you drag the user library to Finder it will remain visible.

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