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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
Why is your Kindle doubly useful and fun now that you are using it?
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Well, first of all, I have OCD tendencies, which can be kept in check as long as I have a few specific things I can control and over-organize. Basically, managing my music in iTunes, my pbooks on their shelves and my ebooks in Calibre and things like that give me an outlet for my control needs. Over the years I learned that having a few specific areas of focus keep me from doing things like reorganizing the kitchen cabinets every day. I honestly don't think I'd be satisfied with only the organizational tools found on most ereaders, including the Kindle collections. I'd go nuts, or at the very least it would take me hours and hours to get a semblance of order I'd be happy with. I use Calibre, then I use Mornington's python script to create and maintain my Kindle collections.
Next, I get a lot of stuff from Smashwords, and often the epub is great but the mobi is crap. Calibre makes getting decent conversions a painless process.
Also, I get a lot out of being able to see my ebooks in Calibre that I don't get out of looking at lists on the Kindle. It's harder to explain this part of it, and it's probably related to the first item I mentioned, but I feel like it gives me a better handle on what I've got in my collection.
To put "me" in perspective - when I moved back here from Florida, I unpacked my HUNDREDS of pbooks, shelved them, and knew exactly which two books were missing. (The Stand and Katherine of Aragon, to be exact. And it's still bugging me.)