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The benefit is the enormous flexibility it gives you of finding books in your library. You can search by author, title, series, genre, language, or any other tag you may have assigned to the book in Calibre. It's hugely better than any system of folders, collections, or bookshelves. The problem with a large library is not storing it, but being able to efficiently find what you want in it, and CC gives you the ability to do that it a highly efficient manner.
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No, not at all. Let's look at the figures more carefully. On my T68 I have 4275 books, occupying 3.67GB of storage. That's an average of 900k per book. The typical ebook is a lot smaller than that - around 400k or so. The average is pushed up by a small number of large books, such as the 12 book "Flashman" omnibus, which is 6MB in size. The ePub and Mobi versions of the books are pretty much the same size.
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The Sony here is €169. And I bought the T68 for €179... --- I really like the T68. As with HarryT, I really like the fact that I can organize my library with CC. No more searching for that one book you know is somewhere on your device... The screen is much whiter than my Sony and especially than my BBMini (which is natural, as that one doesn't even have a pearl screen ). The backlight I don't really use that much (it's way too bright for night time reading so I just use my windows tablet for that). And I really like the fact that I can install other apps too, though everything I did install has something to do with reading. |
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Ended up getting the Aura HD for $200 AUD, passed the Sony T3 because resolution is low and no lighting and slow pdf rendering.
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But I don't move books around anymore. Way too time consuming. I use them in their respective native app. And if this app can't access the SD card... I'm not rooting or jailbreak my units anymore either. All has to work out of the box. If I have to touch the book, it would be the most expensive ever. Having saved 10 Euros for not purchasing again, but having spent 5 minutes (downloading on the PC, stripping from DRM, adding to Calibre, converting to other formats, maybe even modifying the metadata, ...) in my book is no bargain at all, but an enormous loss of time and resources, especially when multiplied by 2000 times/books. That's why I'm buying and not downloading from the darknet... Last edited by mgmueller; 07-24-2014 at 06:26 AM. |
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This is very true, but if you add each book to your Calibre library as you buy it, it's really no effort at all, and "future-proofs" you for new devices. It was a trivial effort for me to load my library onto my T68 for that reason. Forward planning pays dividends.
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Sometimes 2, sometimes 5. I buy from numerous sources. I've rediscovered iPad recently, so I bought a few dozen titles in iBooks. In a few hours I'll get my Lenovo Thinkpad 8. When configuring it, I'll certainly buy a few dozen titles on some Windows apps. I buy my books in numerous locations: Hotel, train, at home. Of course, most of the time I have my MacBook Air with me and could add to my library. But if you don't do it immediately (and I certainly won't do so while still in the bar or cafe), things pile up quickly. |
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But there's even more to it. I very well value money. But exactly because of that, I carefully consider for what to invest my time. If I spend 300 Euro for a brief business trip, I don't even feel the € 30 I might spend additionally for 3 eBooks. But I'd definitely feel the 20 minutes, it takes to download and such. And if I really want to fill those 20 minutes, I can spend them more productively (and profitably) working. |
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I always smack my head about people, not calculating/valueing their time.
My sister in law would drive 10km, to save some 10 Euro on household devices. Most expensive purchase ever! Actually, she didn't generate any savings, but an enormous loss. Not even considering life quality or spare time, but simply her time invested. Look up "Black Swan". Last edited by mgmueller; 07-24-2014 at 08:00 AM. |
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Of course I appreciate that everyone's needs are different, but for me personally, the time I've spent setting up my Calibre library has been time well spent. |
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