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Originally Posted by krazy4katz
The number 3500 is clearly an estimate, based on an average book size of 1 MB. Just to give you an idea from my library, "Oliver Twist" is 2 MB, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is 1.7 MB, "Jane Eyre" is anywhere from 0.7 MB to 2 MB, depending on which version you have.
I moved from a K1 to a K3, so I am enjoying Collections. I haven't accumulated very many books on my kindle yet -- maybe only about 50-60 plus about 50 samples. I suppose when I start reaching several hundred I will have to think seriously about a back up strategy.
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Book size is pretty variable, huh? I just looked in my calibre library, and out of 187 books, 101 of them are 0.5 MB or smaller. Only 34 of them are 1.0 MB or larger. 9 of them are 2.0 MB or larger.
I think that's something that really surprised me about e-books. I was so used to digital pictures taking up so much space on my computer, I kind of assumed books would take up a lot of space, too. A book that is only text is very small. The larger ones in my library have photos or illustrations.