How many ebooks should you have? - Page 4

theducks · 11-02-2012, 02:17 PM

There is still gobs of room on my Calibre Hard drive (I have a USB cased 2.5" drive reserved for Calibre Portable)

I have about 8 books going. I read what I am currently in the mood for. My PEz helps with this by having a 'Recently Read' list (last 32 books opened) and ADE remembers the place (block) I closed the book at

So I am with the never enough book crowd

Quake1028 · 11-02-2012, 03:14 PM

I have probably less than 250, with a TBR of about 105. So yes, I have a huge problem.

Freeshadow · 11-02-2012, 03:24 PM

In my case - I rather started to collect ebooks I've read in paper when I was younger. Books one rather has had at home since generations or got from the library as a kid or teen but never came to purchase since there are so many books and so little room and money. Here thanks again - > Harry and the other uploaders. My collection is thus kind of 50/50 of old (PD) and new. In addition to that comes the fact that a lot of said books I'd have never noticed to exist were it not for the development of ebooks. They never or not yet (and some most probably never will) have been translated into polish or german and I have never followed developments on english language book market (even when my english skills got better) simply because of high additional costs.

Apache · 11-02-2012, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Please tell me where you will be buried.

Don

Apache

Tattncat · 11-04-2012, 10:06 AM

At 66 we're both retired. I have 3 readers and a tablet. My husband has a tablet. We each have separate ebook collections. I have no idea how many ebooks he has in his collection. Mine, however, is in excess of 8000. Courtesy of Calibre I have no problem organizing them to my satisfaction.

My tbr list is huge and my tastes varied. I keep a journal of books read on my tablet, before my tablet the journal was in written diary form. The journal tacks title, author, source, number of pages, series (if applicable) main characters and a personal rating (1-5).

I read well in excess of 100 books a year and enjoy every one of the. Oh, btw I have a solar charger.

Tattncat · 11-04-2012, 10:07 AM

We travel a lot and spend most of our time in a motor home, quite often in remote areas.

Tarana · 11-04-2012, 12:51 PM

Crich, good thing you made that last call. I was one of the typists on the Gutenberg project back in 1986. OCR was just starting but corrections took a long, long time. I guess that project started back in the 70s (yes, who would have thought?).

Gunnerp245 · 11-04-2012, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tattncat

...I have a solar charger.

Would be interested your experiences with the solar charger.

shanghaichica · 11-04-2012, 05:15 PM

I'll never put a limit on the number of ebooks I have in my tbr pile. They done take up space like physical books and books are one of the only things in life that I don't feel guilty about buying in excess if I have the funds.

sven31 · 11-05-2012, 12:49 AM

its never going to be enough... u keep collecting, because you are (we are) obsessed wid books...

pagansoul · 11-05-2012, 08:15 AM

I'm in my 50s. I know I have 432 on my Amazon account about 50 off iTunes. I have a few thousand public domain books and another couple of hundred via ebook stores. My Calibre library is at 6 thousand not counting my comics, TPBs and collections on CDs like National Geo. All of my stuff is backed up on CDs or DVDs. I don't worry about space. I spend more time selecting the perfect covers in Calibre and organizing into groups then reading it seems but I'm enjoying myself. I've been using Zinio for 10 years and have no idea how many magazines are in my account but I'm glad I don't have hard copies to worry about.

Sydney's Mom · 11-06-2012, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Apache

My wife has always said she was going to stuff my coffin with as many books as it would hold. And unless it was extra large it would not hold all. Now with ebooks, all she has to do is throw in my current ereader.

Apache

I feel like getting more pbooks for this!

11-04-2012, 10:07 AM	#51
Tattncat Bookworm Posts: 673 Karma: 1029391 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Device: Nook Tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab3, Sony PRS700, Sony PRS505	We travel a lot and spend most of our time in a motor home, quite often in remote areas. Last edited by Tattncat; 11-04-2012 at 10:10 AM.

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11-02-2012, 02:17 PM	#46
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,801 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	There is still gobs of room on my Calibre Hard drive (I have a USB cased 2.5" drive reserved for Calibre Portable) I have about 8 books going. I read what I am currently in the mood for. My PEz helps with this by having a 'Recently Read' list (last 32 books opened) and ADE remembers the place (block) I closed the book at So I am with the never enough book crowd

11-02-2012, 03:14 PM	#47
Quake1028 Guru Posts: 917 Karma: 9155462 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Device: See signature	I have probably less than 250, with a TBR of about 105. So yes, I have a huge problem.

11-02-2012, 03:24 PM	#48
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,792 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	In my case - I rather started to collect ebooks I've read in paper when I was younger. Books one rather has had at home since generations or got from the library as a kid or teen but never came to purchase since there are so many books and so little room and money. Here thanks again - > Harry and the other uploaders. My collection is thus kind of 50/50 of old (PD) and new. In addition to that comes the fact that a lot of said books I'd have never noticed to exist were it not for the development of ebooks. They never or not yet (and some most probably never will) have been translated into polish or german and I have never followed developments on english language book market (even when my english skills got better) simply because of high additional costs.

11-04-2012, 10:06 AM	#50
Tattncat Bookworm Posts: 673 Karma: 1029391 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Device: Nook Tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab3, Sony PRS700, Sony PRS505	At 66 we're both retired. I have 3 readers and a tablet. My husband has a tablet. We each have separate ebook collections. I have no idea how many ebooks he has in his collection. Mine, however, is in excess of 8000. Courtesy of Calibre I have no problem organizing them to my satisfaction. My tbr list is huge and my tastes varied. I keep a journal of books read on my tablet, before my tablet the journal was in written diary form. The journal tacks title, author, source, number of pages, series (if applicable) main characters and a personal rating (1-5). I read well in excess of 100 books a year and enjoy every one of the. Oh, btw I have a solar charger.

11-04-2012, 12:51 PM	#52
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,979 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Crich, good thing you made that last call. I was one of the typists on the Gutenberg project back in 1986. OCR was just starting but corrections took a long, long time. I guess that project started back in the 70s (yes, who would have thought?).

11-04-2012, 05:15 PM	#54
shanghaichica Guru Posts: 989 Karma: 5782970 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Scribe,Kindle Oasis 3, iPad Pro 11, iPhone 13 Pro Max,iPad mini 6, PW5	I'll never put a limit on the number of ebooks I have in my tbr pile. They done take up space like physical books and books are one of the only things in life that I don't feel guilty about buying in excess if I have the funds.

11-05-2012, 12:49 AM	#55
sven31 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 496330 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: none	its never going to be enough... u keep collecting, because you are (we are) obsessed wid books...

11-05-2012, 08:15 AM	#56
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	I'm in my 50s. I know I have 432 on my Amazon account about 50 off iTunes. I have a few thousand public domain books and another couple of hundred via ebook stores. My Calibre library is at 6 thousand not counting my comics, TPBs and collections on CDs like National Geo. All of my stuff is backed up on CDs or DVDs. I don't worry about space. I spend more time selecting the perfect covers in Calibre and organizing into groups then reading it seems but I'm enjoying myself. I've been using Zinio for 10 years and have no idea how many magazines are in my account but I'm glad I don't have hard copies to worry about.

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