10-15-2009, 12:03 PM | #1 |
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How do you store read ebooks
I was wondering what methods people here use to keep ebooks that they have read but may wish to read again at a later date, especially drm'd ebooks, so that they do not clutter up the reader. It would have been nice if EBL had a "Read" folder that did not sync'.
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10-15-2009, 12:06 PM | #2 |
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10-15-2009, 12:16 PM | #3 |
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I use Calibre and have a tag called "Unread" which is what is synched.
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10-15-2009, 02:11 PM | #4 |
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on an extern hdd ->folder "books" --> subfolder "finished"
thats where i store them and drm is a no no for me! with all media! keep reading harry |
10-15-2009, 02:54 PM | #5 |
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I do not store DRMed books.
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10-15-2009, 03:23 PM | #6 |
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I put a tag on them in calibre ("Bookshelf").
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10-15-2009, 03:24 PM | #7 |
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I un-DRM them, put them into Calibre and use tags to manage them.
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10-15-2009, 08:40 PM | #8 |
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i use calibre to manage my books. once i read them, i give them a rating. any book with 0 stars is unread, a book with stars is read. in theory this should help me keep track of which books i liked as well but in practice i have trouble deciding how many stars to give and usually give 4 unless i really loved it, then i give 5.
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10-15-2009, 08:55 PM | #10 |
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When I buy books, I put them automatically on the Reader. Then every once in a while I will just delete them from the reader so that only unread books are on it.
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10-15-2009, 09:54 PM | #11 |
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I make back-up CD's of all my books, so when I'm done & delete them from my reader, I still have a permanent record for future use or sharing.
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10-15-2009, 10:01 PM | #12 |
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I hit delete.
And turn off auto sync in the sony library =) |
10-16-2009, 09:53 AM | #13 | |
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10-16-2009, 10:33 AM | #14 |
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I delete them from the Reader - unless I need to refer to them, such as for a discussion - in that case I delete them later, rather than immediately.
I mainly use calibre to manage books for the Sony Reader. I can't really use it for the DR1000, and I don't need it to get books on Stanza on the Touch. My main ebook library is just folders on my HD (and backed up somewhere else) - I de-DRM everything as soon as I have bought and downloaded it, so I can do whatever I need with the files. |
10-16-2009, 11:21 AM | #15 |
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this might sound like a really stupid question but how do you put them on a disk for storage? I don't have any problems moving around the free books I get but the ones I buy from the sony store go to the ebl and and I am not really sure how to move them anywhere else ........and if I do move them to a cd and later want to read them again they will only work on that sony reader is that correct????
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