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I also tend to take a closer look at the freebies I grab from this folder before I actually add them to Calibre to ensure it is something I truly want to read. I've tried to be more meticulous about what freebies/on-sale books I get this year, but sometimes it's just easier to grab them and look later. |
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07-02-2013, 09:47 PM | #64 | |
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The books to read & The books I've read library would be duplicates from other libraries but this is where I do my conversion and clean up. All other have the original version only. Once I read a book it goes to my read library but the original version stays in what library it belongs such paid, Kindle freebie or Other Freebie library. So it's like this Originals:
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This works for me and takes little to no work to maintain. |
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07-02-2013, 09:50 PM | #65 | |
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I was just adding them to my "bookshelf", figuring I'd go back and download them later when I had time. The author stopped offering them for free, and when I went to get it from my bookshelf, it asked me to pay for it! So...now, I download as I go! |
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I just have two Calibre libraries: the main one and one I call Calibre Vault. All of the books in the main library are on my reader. I only move the books to the vault if I want to keep them, but don't think I will reread any time soon. Also, most of my non-fiction books are there.
I've toyed with the idea of doing more libraries, but I think the system I have now works well for me. It was a lot of trial and error to get to this point Starting a new Calibre library seemed scary, but really it ended up being super easy. I have a custom column (for date archived) in the first position in that library so I know at a glance which library I am in. (This was added after I accidentally added a bunch of new books to the vault library). I'm odd in that I only keep the final ePub in Calibre. I also have a digital library folder when I keep my original format and a copy of the final ePub. This folder has sub-folders of my favorite authors, a Miscellaneous folder for authors where I only have one of two of their books, and the Undetermined folder where I keep everything by new-to-me authors until I've read it and decided if I want to keep it or not. I delete books I don't want to keep. I used to keep everything thinking "Well, maybe..." but if I didn't like it enough that I could possibly want to reread it someday it goes. (I make an exception for books within a series I otherwise enjoy). My Calibre folder and Digital Library folder get backed up regularly, both to USB drives and DVD-Rom. I was keeping my Digital Library folder in the cloud, but had an incident where some of my books up and disappeared on me. So I moved it out of the Dropbox folder. Now I maintain one of my backup copies there, but not the main version. A friend of mine keeps a separate, empty Calibre library for all of her print books. Just the idea of setting one up for all of my print books exhausts me! I did a massive purge in my last move since I majorly downsized my house, but I still have several thousand print books. I still keep track of all the books I own, my TBR pile, and Want to Buy lists in various word documents as that's the way I have been doing so since I bought my first computer. I think it all comes down to finding a system that works for you and that is easiest for you to maintain. Don't be afraid to experiment with it all. If adding & converting books as you buy doesn't work for you, maybe setting aside an hour or two on a regular basis once or twice a month would work. |
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As predicted, Amazon's solution to the Shalvis book with the missing Blue Flame freebie was for me to request a refund, which I promptly did, especially price has since dropped from $3.99 to $2.99. I would have prefered to get the version I purchased but oh well . . .
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I do have a non calibre digital library but it's the final versions move to Dropbox so I can access them anywhere. I keep a backup copy of Calibre (10GB) on Dropbox as well but I would never put my main Calibre library on there due to sharing violations that can occur and I don't mean the kind where they removes your books because of copyright. It's a technical term that basically means the hard drive and windows gets confused and you can lose data. |
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LOL! And I was just thinking your multiple libraries seems like work. But that's why Calibre is such a great program. It allows customization. I'm sure I don't use it to the full potential since I don't make catalogues or download news.
Maybe that's what happened with me. It was only 3 books and they were backed up elsewhere, but it freaked me out. I have some books on the Sony, B&N, and Kindle apps on my phone, but I never really use my phone to read. I don't have a tablet. So I don't really feel the need to have my entire library accesible from anywhere. I think it sounds like a cool idea, but I wouldn't really use it. |
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Sony had the book listed when it first released, but when I checked today to see if they'd lowered the price, too, I couldn't find it. I am so far behind in that series. I've only read book 1, though I own all the others from when B&N had their first 50% off sale earlier. |
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So say I am laying in bed and I suddenly get an urge to read a book I bought a long time ago, I can email the book from my phone or tablet to my Kindle within minutes. Sometimes I will sideload a book on my tablet just for reference. It's just easier to navigate through a book on a tablet when searching than a eInk Kindle. If I am away I can grab any book I need from my phone and once I am at a WiFi spot download it to my Kindle. I only keep a small amount of books on my Kindle. I'd go crazy if I put all my TBR list on there! So it goes into Dropbox instead waiting for when I am ready to add it to my Kindle. Another thing is all books have to be cleaned up before I put them on my Kindle. I never read anything straight from the archive. I am dyslexic so I have to do some special formatting for my brain before I can read them comfortably. Last edited by Blossom; 07-03-2013 at 01:07 AM. |
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I didn't realize it's possible to move books from one calibre library to other. I keep my wishlist as one and delete entries when I buy them. If I do the copy/move thing, can I just add the book file ?
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