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Originally Posted by chilady1
I don't track where I purchased the book from or whether it was free or not.
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Me either.
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Originally Posted by Blue2u
How do you guys manage your libraries? How do you sort/keep your current and past books?
[and this is thread-related because it's this forums' fault that I have so many books to keep track of!  ] |
I just have two libraries: my main library and one I titled "Vault"
I put books I want to keep, but that I don't want to keep on my Sony in the Vault.
I like being able to sort the books by author, series, title, etc so I don't mind that my main library is over 1500. If I kept my freebies or something in a different library I would have a harder time managing I think.
I am a stickler about my metadata (so very thankful that Calibre exists). I tag all of my books as contemporay, historical, futuristic, or time travel. Then I have additional tags for category books (Silhouette Intimate Moments, Harlequin Intrique, Loveswept, etc) as well as paranormal, fantasy, anthology, novella, Christmas/Hanukkah.
I love that my Sony uses both tags and series to create collections. Makes it so easy to find books multiple ways.
For books I really will never read again I simply delete them.
I also keep a TBR list of both my print and digital books in Word. I print page 1 out once a month and put it on my bulletin board. Sadly it's now a 4 page document because I added all the rereads I want to do back when Harlequin had their huge 5¢ sale and my book buying/freebie downloading has been out of control of late
And I have separate documents for all of my favorite authors I started back in the days before digital books. It lists all of their books I own in publication order, with notations about series, if I have it in hardcover, paperback, and/or digital. And I have a list of upcoming releases for the year broken down by month. And a list of prior releases I want in digital. This makes it easier to find a book I really want when those handy Sony and Kobo coupon codes come around.
Since I do buy books from multiple places, I have been known to buy a book more than once
. But that's only happened to me twice. And both times it was because they were on sale or in a bundle for a really good deal and I clicked without checking to see if I already owned it.