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Bilbo1967 · 05-25-2011, 04:53 AM

I have about 500 books on my 650 (no SD card) and that's about a third of capacity.

I do have more e-books I could move to the reader, but 500 gives me enough options for when I am travelling at the moment.

Algiedi · 05-25-2011, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blossom

When I first got my Kindle I put everything on it then I found myself lost trying to remember what was on it. lol
I had a problem where my indexing got messed up and it had to reindex all 400 ebooks.

Lol same thing here.

So now I'm slowly re-adding them one by one, as I'm reading them.

Panda Rose · 05-25-2011, 05:13 AM

I have about 30 books stored on my sony505. The rest are in Calibre so I can retrieve them at any time. A few from UK bookstores have to be on ADE, but i usually take them off my reader when have read them.

Sweetpea · 05-25-2011, 07:56 AM

I don't own that many books, but I do have all the books I do own on my readers. On my Mini in 3 formats, on my WinCE devices in 1 format and on my Sony in 2.

astra · 05-25-2011, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I don't own that many books, but I do have all the books I do own on my readers. On my Mini in 3 formats, on my WinCE devices in 1 format and on my Sony in 2.

Do you mean you have one book in 2 or 3 different formats on an ebook reader?

Hellmark · 05-25-2011, 08:30 AM

Right now I only have ePubs and LRF files on my 505, and I am using about a quarter of the 200mb storage space with about 150 books. For a while I had my back issue collection of Make Magazine on the SD card, which was about a gig (BTW, Make Magazine has an awesome option, for $5 extra a year, you can view the latest and all back issues online, as well as download DRM free PDF copies). What I've pretty much done, is add books as I want them, read them, and not remove them. Only time I've removed them, is if A: Formatting, typos, etc were bad enough to make me not want to continue reading or reread or B: in the case of PDFs did eat up the space in a hurry.

sakura-panda · 05-25-2011, 09:28 AM

I have a Sony PRS-505 and I don't know how much memory it has, but whenever I hook up to Calibre, I add books until it won't take any more -- I keep it as full as I can, generally around 200 books. I use the stock lists or tags to find the books I want to read next. I don't know what I'll do when I finally so few books TBR that I'll be able to load them all without consulting file sizes.

I also have a Kindle (3G), but I don't keep nearly as many books on it as I do my Sony. I mainly have either books that I bought for $0.00; if I want to read a particular book on it, I email it to myself. I haven't figured out a good way to sort and find books, but at the moment I choose either a book from the last page (currently page 5) or the latest that I emailed myself. I use my Sony when I'm looking for a particular title.

I do not keep books on either device that I am not planning to read soon. I delete/archive as soon as I have read them. My libraries are stored elsewhere.

Greg Anos · 05-25-2011, 09:39 AM

I know I'm north of 1,000 titles, but I don't count titles, so I don't know that way. I keep them on an SD chip, on my trusty Hanlin V3+ ereader, running OpenInkPot 2.2. (On my second battery!)

I count by space used. Currently at 1.4 Gig used on a 2 GIG chip.

shanghaichica · 05-25-2011, 10:17 AM

No, not even close. I have around 400 books and about 10 audiobooks on my K3.

RainingLemur · 05-25-2011, 10:32 AM

What's on mine is a fraction of a drop in the bucket.

garrybuck · 05-25-2011, 10:35 AM

I've got over 1600 books on my Kindle 3. Storage is about 3/4 full. Many of the books are fairly short, and part of the storage is taken up by mp3 files, perhaps 60 or so for background music.

Keeping all that straight was driving me crazy on my Kindle 1, so I bought the K3 for the 'folder' capability. Anything I haven't read goes into the home page by default. I have one labelled Read for stuff I've finished. One is labelled Abandoned for stuff I started but gave up on. One is labelled Kindle Specific for things like My Clippings, Mobipocket Guide, Kindle User's Guide etc. I also have one for Samples and another for Collected Works. The most important category for me is labelled Current. Anything I plan to read real soon now goes in there.

I've considered categorizing by author and/or genre, but I'm way too lazy and I don't think it would do much for me even if I went through the effort.

As far as finding stuff, any time I read a passage that resonates with me I highlight it, which puts it in the My Clippings file. So any time I want to find 'that one thing I read that one time' I start in My Clippings and I usually find it that way.

Bikeridr · 05-25-2011, 10:47 AM

I'm approaching 200 ebooks on my Kindle 3. My Kindle for PC has abt 250 books and Calibre around 100. There are probably 1000-1500 (whereof 500 PD books from a magazine-attached CD) ebooks altogether on my netbook, but they're not all "properly" sorted or "installed" into Calibre or Kindle.

Algiedi · 05-25-2011, 10:53 AM

This thread got me wondering: is there a recent poll on the number of books people have on their readers?
It would be interesting to see with a glance how the numbers are distributed.

OtterBooks · 05-25-2011, 11:36 AM

About 30 books.

mikaelalind · 05-25-2011, 11:50 AM

Nope. Most of the time I keep 20-30 books on my reader.

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05-25-2011, 04:53 AM	#16
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	I have about 500 books on my 650 (no SD card) and that's about a third of capacity. I do have more e-books I could move to the reader, but 500 gives me enough options for when I am travelling at the moment.

05-25-2011, 05:13 AM	#18
Panda Rose Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 204936 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: Sony Prs505, Kindle 3, iPhone4	I have about 30 books stored on my sony505. The rest are in Calibre so I can retrieve them at any time. A few from UK bookstores have to be on ADE, but i usually take them off my reader when have read them.

05-25-2011, 07:56 AM	#19
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I don't own that many books, but I do have all the books I do own on my readers. On my Mini in 3 formats, on my WinCE devices in 1 format and on my Sony in 2.

05-25-2011, 08:30 AM	#21
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	Right now I only have ePubs and LRF files on my 505, and I am using about a quarter of the 200mb storage space with about 150 books. For a while I had my back issue collection of Make Magazine on the SD card, which was about a gig (BTW, Make Magazine has an awesome option, for $5 extra a year, you can view the latest and all back issues online, as well as download DRM free PDF copies). What I've pretty much done, is add books as I want them, read them, and not remove them. Only time I've removed them, is if A: Formatting, typos, etc were bad enough to make me not want to continue reading or reread or B: in the case of PDFs did eat up the space in a hurry.

05-25-2011, 09:28 AM	#22
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 923 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: 2017 10.5" iPad Pro (Kobo, NOOK, Kindle, Google Play Books & Scribd)	I have a Sony PRS-505 and I don't know how much memory it has, but whenever I hook up to Calibre, I add books until it won't take any more -- I keep it as full as I can, generally around 200 books. I use the stock lists or tags to find the books I want to read next. I don't know what I'll do when I finally so few books TBR that I'll be able to load them all without consulting file sizes. I also have a Kindle (3G), but I don't keep nearly as many books on it as I do my Sony. I mainly have either books that I bought for $0.00; if I want to read a particular book on it, I email it to myself. I haven't figured out a good way to sort and find books, but at the moment I choose either a book from the last page (currently page 5) or the latest that I emailed myself. I use my Sony when I'm looking for a particular title. I do not keep books on either device that I am not planning to read soon. I delete/archive as soon as I have read them. My libraries are stored elsewhere.

05-25-2011, 09:39 AM	#23
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,248 Karma: 35000000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	I know I'm north of 1,000 titles, but I don't count titles, so I don't know that way. I keep them on an SD chip, on my trusty Hanlin V3+ ereader, running OpenInkPot 2.2. (On my second battery!) I count by space used. Currently at 1.4 Gig used on a 2 GIG chip.

05-25-2011, 10:17 AM	#24
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	No, not even close. I have around 400 books and about 10 audiobooks on my K3.

05-25-2011, 10:32 AM	#25
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	What's on mine is a fraction of a drop in the bucket.

05-25-2011, 10:35 AM	#26
garrybuck Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 69964 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle	I've got over 1600 books on my Kindle 3. Storage is about 3/4 full. Many of the books are fairly short, and part of the storage is taken up by mp3 files, perhaps 60 or so for background music. Keeping all that straight was driving me crazy on my Kindle 1, so I bought the K3 for the 'folder' capability. Anything I haven't read goes into the home page by default. I have one labelled Read for stuff I've finished. One is labelled Abandoned for stuff I started but gave up on. One is labelled Kindle Specific for things like My Clippings, Mobipocket Guide, Kindle User's Guide etc. I also have one for Samples and another for Collected Works. The most important category for me is labelled Current. Anything I plan to read real soon now goes in there. I've considered categorizing by author and/or genre, but I'm way too lazy and I don't think it would do much for me even if I went through the effort. As far as finding stuff, any time I read a passage that resonates with me I highlight it, which puts it in the My Clippings file. So any time I want to find 'that one thing I read that one time' I start in My Clippings and I usually find it that way.

05-25-2011, 10:47 AM	#27
Bikeridr Information Acquirer Posts: 436 Karma: 4265156 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Latvia, Rigas Rajons Device: Kindle 3 International, Pocketbook Color	I'm approaching 200 ebooks on my Kindle 3. My Kindle for PC has abt 250 books and Calibre around 100. There are probably 1000-1500 (whereof 500 PD books from a magazine-attached CD) ebooks altogether on my netbook, but they're not all "properly" sorted or "installed" into Calibre or Kindle.

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05-25-2011, 10:53 AM	#28
Algiedi Overenthusiastic Noob Posts: 69 Karma: 896 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: France Device: Kindle 3	This thread got me wondering: is there a recent poll on the number of books people have on their readers? It would be interesting to see with a glance how the numbers are distributed.

05-25-2011, 11:36 AM	#29
OtterBooks Wizard Posts: 1,262 Karma: 2979086 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 4, iPad Mini/Retina	About 30 books.

05-25-2011, 11:50 AM	#30
mikaelalind Fanatic Posts: 590 Karma: 788068 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sweden Device: Sony PRS 505, Cybook Odessey	Nope. Most of the time I keep 20-30 books on my reader.