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Originally Posted by Xtiney
All right. My problem may be that I've been thinking of it along the same lines as iTunes and its Music Library/Playlist organization -- I have a few collections, but since the majority of my books are NOT in collections, I sync the main library + those collections, and end up with duplicate copies.
Thanks for the suggestion about Calibre; I'll definitely look into it.
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The main reasons I used collections this way were: (1) they allowed me to easily control which ebooks would be loaded on my ereader, (2) I can remove ebooks from my ereader without having to delete them from my library, and (3) I can control where the ebooks will be loaded (in its internal memory or on a memory card).
In a related topic, I used to use iTunes to manage my music on my audio player. The problem I had was that I more music than would fit on my player. My solution was to use playlists to control the music loaded on my player, and I set it up so that only rated music would be loaded on my player. To delete a song from the player I'd change its rating to zero stars and it would be removed at the next sync. It is a technique I still use to this day because it makes it easy to control the music on my audio player, and to know which music will be loaded on my audio player.
It is the same with Sony Reader Library (SRL). If I want to remove an ebook from my ereader I remove the ebook from the collections I sync to my ereader. Those ebook(s) will be removed during the next sync.
Using collections this way allows me to do all of my ebook management without my ereader connected to my computer. I put the ebooks into the appropriate collections, remove the ebooks I no longer want on my ereader from the collections, and order them the way I want. When I'm finished, I sync my ereader and my ebooks are arranged the way that I want on my ereader.
As I mentioned before, Calibre is definitely worth a look. After the initial setup, I've found that it is much less work to manage my ebook collection on my computer and on my ereader than it is with the SRL. As an example, adding ebooks to my ereader with Calibre is simple and quick (highlight the ebook(s) and send it/them to your ereader), and much easier than it is with the SRL.