Do you keep all your books on your device? - Page 3

GA Russell · 01-12-2012, 01:37 AM

I collect new books on my hard drive. After a couple of months, I make a copy of each new book, and move them onto my jetBook Lite's SD card; and then move the original copy to my eBook folder on my hard drive.

When I've read a book, I move it from the SD card to a "read books" folder on my hard drive.

Kumabjorn · 01-12-2012, 01:39 AM

Wouldn't say I get twitchy but I still have plenty of room available so no need to remove anything. I have a collection named "finished books" and if the need arises I will move those of to a USB memory or something.

laughingdragons · 01-12-2012, 01:48 AM

I've got most of my books on my reader about 90%.

Sweetpea · 01-12-2012, 03:28 AM

Yes.

I sync all devices with Calibre and like to have all my books* available. Sometimes I switch books halfway through, simply because I don't want to read the book I'm reading anymore at that time.

* all books = all books that I have checked and will show correctly on all devices.

HarryT · 01-12-2012, 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anamardoll

I'd love to know how many gigs. Mine still (barely) fits on a 32 GB card.

It's actually not as bad as I'd thought. I currently have 83,119 books, using 22.9GB of disk space. That's still way too many to want to have on a device at any one time - I'd never be able to find anything.

The reason for the large number is that for many years I used to download everything that PG released. I'll never read the overwhelming majority of them, of course.

RareBird · 01-12-2012, 06:14 AM

I try to only keep unread books on my kobo. That pile is big enough without keeping the ones I've read on there too.

Apache · 01-12-2012, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

It's actually not as bad as I'd thought. I currently have 83,119 books, using 22.9GB of disk space. That's still way too many to want to have on a device at any one time - I'd never be able to find anything.

The reason for the large number is that for many years I used to download everything that PG released. I'll never read the overwhelming majority of them, of course.

You win.

Apache

Kumabjorn · 01-12-2012, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

It's actually not as bad as I'd thought. I currently have 83,119 books, using 22.9GB of disk space.

I hope you don't have to proofread all of those

pagansoul · 01-12-2012, 08:00 AM

I have so many books I have not put them all in Calibre. I have about 2k in Calibre in several versions, EPUB & MOBI, for my ebooks and PDF & CBR for my comics and TPB. I have several thousand (about 40) to go through. Many are in PDF that I will convert to EPUB & MOBI and add covers. Anyone know how many ebooks Calibre can hold before it starts to get wonky? Between setting up my ebook library and DVD ripping I can go on for years without having to buy anything new. With TB drives getting cheaper I want to digitalize (sp?) all my movies/TV shows and books. Keeps me off the streets.

I also download almost anything I find for free but I tend to stick by Science Fiction/Fantasy and Romance books with the standard amount of Classic masterpieces. When it comes to comics I have entire collections of Marvel and tons of Public Domain off DCM (Digital Comic Museum).

JimKal · 01-12-2012, 08:44 AM

Most of my ebooks are from Amazon, as I read them I put them in the archive. But the iBooks and Nook I keep on the iPad but I don't find myself reading them very often. Amazon gets most of my business as it seems to have more content and better prices.

ghostyjack · 01-12-2012, 09:12 AM

There's no way I'd be able to put my entire library onto my reader, even with a large SD card in it.

My fiction/poetry books is in excess of 20Gb, my non-fiction/reference book is about 150Gb and my comic book collection exceeds 250Gb in size.

This lot would would be completely unmanagable on my T1 - if I could event fit it all on. And the speed of the device would be so slow, I'd never complete the sync on it.

Nope, this all resides on a NAS box at home with a chunk of it sitting in my SugarSync account (the stuff I am currently reading/plan to read) for access on my mobile and tablet.

sakura-panda · 01-12-2012, 09:21 AM

I can't fit all of my books onto my Reader (Sony PRS-505). I tried an SD card once and got impatient with the time it was taking to load up and haven't bothered with it since.

I keep books I'm going to read on my Reader and I add books until the memory is full.

I also have a Kindle, which are books I have not read and an Android phone that has only the books I am currently reading.

Mickey330 · 01-12-2012, 10:50 AM

I've got only my unread books on my e-reader. Everything else (to include the unread, actually) is safely in Calibre, backed up to my hard drive, external hard drive and Dropbox.

I figure that if I want to re-read something, I'll just get it from Calibre and put it on the reader. Until then, it's "on the shelf" ...

Marilyn

mayoi · 01-12-2012, 10:59 AM

No, I have about 100 books in 3 pages of collections on my Kindle and only a handful on my tablet. I use Calibre to keep track of everything.

garrybuck · 01-12-2012, 11:00 AM

I delete as I go. That said, I still have over 900 books on my Kindle.

View Poll Results: Do you keep your library on your device?
Yes, as much as possible. I get twitchy if I don't have all my books at all times.	88	31.77%
Yes, but only because my device/store is sync'd up.	9	3.25%
No, I mostly keep unread books on the device. I delete as I read.	91	32.85%
No, I only keep a selection of books. Too much clutter is bad.	94	33.94%
Maybe? I don't understand this poll.	0	0%
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01-12-2012, 08:00 AM	#39
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	I have so many books I have not put them all in Calibre. I have about 2k in Calibre in several versions, EPUB & MOBI, for my ebooks and PDF & CBR for my comics and TPB. I have several thousand (about 40) to go through. Many are in PDF that I will convert to EPUB & MOBI and add covers. Anyone know how many ebooks Calibre can hold before it starts to get wonky? Between setting up my ebook library and DVD ripping I can go on for years without having to buy anything new. With TB drives getting cheaper I want to digitalize (sp?) all my movies/TV shows and books. Keeps me off the streets. I also download almost anything I find for free but I tend to stick by Science Fiction/Fantasy and Romance books with the standard amount of Classic masterpieces. When it comes to comics I have entire collections of Marvel and tons of Public Domain off DCM (Digital Comic Museum). Last edited by pagansoul; 01-12-2012 at 08:07 AM.

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01-12-2012, 01:37 AM	#31
GA Russell Ticats win first! Posts: 7,607 Karma: 31484197 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	I collect new books on my hard drive. After a couple of months, I make a copy of each new book, and move them onto my jetBook Lite's SD card; and then move the original copy to my eBook folder on my hard drive. When I've read a book, I move it from the SD card to a "read books" folder on my hard drive.

01-12-2012, 01:39 AM	#32
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Wouldn't say I get twitchy but I still have plenty of room available so no need to remove anything. I have a collection named "finished books" and if the need arises I will move those of to a USB memory or something.

01-12-2012, 01:48 AM	#33
laughingdragons Groupie Posts: 189 Karma: 1125536 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: CA Device: Sony PRS-350 1 Pink 1 Silver Paperwhite Kindle	I've got most of my books on my reader about 90%.

01-12-2012, 03:28 AM	#34
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Yes. I sync all devices with Calibre and like to have all my books* available. Sometimes I switch books halfway through, simply because I don't want to read the book I'm reading anymore at that time. * all books = all books that I have checked and will show correctly on all devices.

01-12-2012, 06:14 AM	#36
RareBird Addict Posts: 377 Karma: 770002 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Windsor, Nova Scotia Device: Kobo Aura	I try to only keep unread books on my kobo. That pile is big enough without keeping the ones I've read on there too.

01-12-2012, 08:44 AM	#40
JimKal Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 1000 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Jamestown, NC Device: iPad, iMac,iPhone, Kindle Touch	Most of my ebooks are from Amazon, as I read them I put them in the archive. But the iBooks and Nook I keep on the iPad but I don't find myself reading them very often. Amazon gets most of my business as it seems to have more content and better prices.

01-12-2012, 09:12 AM	#41
ghostyjack Guru Posts: 718 Karma: 1085610 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, England Device: PRS-T1, 1825PT, Galaxy Tab, One X, TF700T, Aura HD, Nexus 7	There's no way I'd be able to put my entire library onto my reader, even with a large SD card in it. My fiction/poetry books is in excess of 20Gb, my non-fiction/reference book is about 150Gb and my comic book collection exceeds 250Gb in size. This lot would would be completely unmanagable on my T1 - if I could event fit it all on. And the speed of the device would be so slow, I'd never complete the sync on it. Nope, this all resides on a NAS box at home with a chunk of it sitting in my SugarSync account (the stuff I am currently reading/plan to read) for access on my mobile and tablet.

01-12-2012, 09:21 AM	#42
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 923 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: 2017 10.5" iPad Pro (Kobo, NOOK, Kindle, Google Play Books & Scribd)	I can't fit all of my books onto my Reader (Sony PRS-505). I tried an SD card once and got impatient with the time it was taking to load up and haven't bothered with it since. I keep books I'm going to read on my Reader and I add books until the memory is full. I also have a Kindle, which are books I have not read and an Android phone that has only the books I am currently reading.

01-12-2012, 10:50 AM	#43
Mickey330 Addict Posts: 378 Karma: 1107420 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Western New York state (USA) Device: Kindle Oasis & the Kindle app on iDevices	I've got only my unread books on my e-reader. Everything else (to include the unread, actually) is safely in Calibre, backed up to my hard drive, external hard drive and Dropbox. I figure that if I want to re-read something, I'll just get it from Calibre and put it on the reader. Until then, it's "on the shelf" ... Marilyn

01-12-2012, 10:59 AM	#44
mayoi Member Posts: 127 Karma: 40426 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: USA Device: PW2 and K3 Kindles, TF101	No, I have about 100 books in 3 pages of collections on my Kindle and only a handful on my tablet. I use Calibre to keep track of everything.

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01-12-2012, 11:00 AM	#45
garrybuck Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 69964 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle	I delete as I go. That said, I still have over 900 books on my Kindle.