[anacreon]

I have today (it changes all the time) 1875 "books" and 15 dictionaries on my kobos, for 1.72 Go, of which a fairly extensive reference library, which I dip into occasionally. I have complete works (kudos to Pynch's work in 3 languages), a lot of poetry, noir, science-fiction, children and YA, a lot of other fiction (novels and short stories), a lot of biographies, diaries, letters collections, various non-fiction. Only 134 of them I already read on a reader (plus 374 I read on paper only until now). I keep read books as comfort fare when really tired or in a hostile environment (like waiting rooms with a TV on), or as reference, or because a part of an on-going series.

I have virtual libraries on Calibre, and one is for archived books (not on the reader), some 3800, of which 740 I read on a reader or on paper.

Like davidfor, I read many more simultaneously than I did on paper. On paper, I did have a number read simultaneously, but that was usually in different genres and languages. Now that I have many more books than I will ever be able to read I dip into many new books, some that I like even quite far into it, but am often tempted away by new fare. But then, when I tire of what I have on hand, I find them again and read it to the end, though if too much time has passed, I must start at the beginning again. Those I feel I won't feel like reading in a foreseeable future I archive, those I dislike I mostly dump after a few pages - difficult if I paid for it.

@dnsb: I don't trust the cloud, but one of my brothers and I use each other as remote saving sites - he's a professional photographer, so this is more important for him than for me, but I feel more secure this way.