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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Canada
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Clara 2E
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I keep around 300-400 books on the reader. Not sure exactly how many, cause in the new update as far as I can see, the Kobo doesn't say how many there are. I only do it cause I can. It's cool to have hundreds of books on the device to read whenever I want without having to constantly delete or load new ones on there.
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Wizard
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: US
Device: Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Clara HD, Kindle 4
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I keep my entire library on my Nook Simple Touch's microSD card, but it's nearly full. I have a bunch of freebies that I really doubt that I will ever read, so I might just move them to a separate catalog and purge them from the Nook. I was flying home from a convention today, and started reading something that I wasn't planning to read this week. If I only kept the books I was planning on reading when I left for the convention, I wouldn't have been able to do that. On the other hand, I have so many books on my NST, I sometimes find it hard to make a decision on what I'm going to start reading next.
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Germany
Device: In use: Pocketbook InkPad 3, Kobo Glo, iPad Air 2
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This is mostly because of the reader's software. It's easier for me to organize stuff in Calibre. |
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Device: Sony PRS-950, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
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I don't understand the question.
Whyever would you not store your whole collection on your reader? SD cards are cheap as chips and where's the drawback in having all your books to hand, rather than just some of them? |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: New Jersey
Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids
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I keep everything in long-term storage on a hard drive and on CDs, but I also have everything on a 2GB SD card in my ereader.
Many (most?) of my ebooks are really short stories, and I like being able to pick something spontaneously when I'm going to be tied up briefly. For instance, I'm driving my folks to doctors' appointments next Tuesday and Wednesday, and I'll be waiting in the office to bring them home. It (probably) won't be enough time to put a dent in a novel, but I should be able to enjoy a few short stories. And, right now, I have no idea which ones will appeal to me. |
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Device: Kobo Elipsa
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A kindred spirit! I thought I was the only one who does this. I will probably go out in a fiery crash and never get to read them, so maybe I should read all the good stuff now, just in case. Thanks. You made me smile.
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Te Riu-a-Māui
Device: Kobo Glo
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If I was able to predict which books I will want to read tomorrow, let alone in a few weeks, then I would have no problem with keeping just a few books at a time on my reader. Since that is impossible, the next best option is to keep every book I own on my reader. Luckily that is an easy, cheap and reliable option.
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: France
Device: (Sony (J) PRS 650), Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo HD
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I'm in the minority too
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Paris
Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1
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I buy book when i need a book to read, so, i don't have THAT many books, and no reason to sort them. So all of them are on my cybook.
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Nameless Being
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I'm in the "minority" too. I find that calibre is a better way to organize and find books, so I try to keep the reader clutter free. Now if there was a way to stick books on the reader yet hide them from the ereader's software, I'd do that to maintain a backup.
(Also, my entire collection of ebooks is rather small. I'd rather let Project Gutenberg manage my library of public domain books and there is no point in keeping expired library books. The number of books that I actually purchase is relatively small.) |
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: UK
Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch
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When I buy a book on Amazon, it appears on my Kindle.
I am lazy. (Actually, I do tend to delete them when read, but that's pretty much the whole of my interaction with the kindle ecosystem. For my epub devices I do manage them through calibre and don't put everything on the device.) |
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: France
Device: (Sony (J) PRS 650), Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo HD
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Device: PRS T1
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I have 2900 Ebooks on my Sony Reader PRS T1. And it works well. Why i do this?
First i have an Backup of all my book on my Reader. Second i have all my library with me. Yes i can look in Calibre for an ebook to read. But i don't have to transfer it to my Sony before reading. I don't like the "ebooks" in the Project Gutenberg. There are no cover and rather nasty formatting. There just good to make ebooks of it. I prefer mobileread, for real ebooks. But i also store my favourite plublic domain on my calibre and reader. For on i sometime make some changes on the books, for second i wanna my books with even with no internet at all. Last edited by samy2; 09-06-2013 at 05:49 AM. |
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Seattle Wahington U.S.
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: PocketBook Touch (622), PocketBook Touch Lux 2, Pocketbook Touch HD 3
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I have all my thousands of books on a 32GB MicroSd card that is always in my reader. Two reasons:
1. Backup. If my house burns down with all computers and disks included while I'm away at least i still my books. 2. Optimal choice. Whatever I want to read next, it's there. One of the reasons why I bought an Onyx reader first and then later a PocketBook is that these readers do not slow down with a large number of books on them. |
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