MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Best way to create, tag and manage a new library from scratch?

jackhulk · 10-16-2011, 08:02 AM

Hello

I've recently got a Kindle 3 and just wondering what's the best way to manager my library please?

My current ebook collection is small so I'd like to get this right starting for scratch, but not sure the best way to go about this please? I was hoping to use the metadata pulled from sites to create all the necessary info for my ebooks, however that doesn't appear to be going so well as it doesn't always pull through correct year, tags, publisher etc and author name format various. How do you guys do this please? Is it best just to enter the data myself?

While I understand tags etc, I've never really used them before so not sure the best way to use them here with ebooks. For example, using ISBNDB as meta source pulls through a great number of tags, 99% of which I don't think I would ever use to search, and they are not consistent across the series either. Would it be best to use just a set number of tags to categorize my books, such as fiction, non-fiction etc?

What's the best way to setup collections (using plugin) on the Kindle, ie by tag categories as mentioned above, series or author?

Any other tips you can give to make the most of setting my library up correctly will be most appreciated thank you.

Jackhulk

10-16-2011, 08:02 AM	#1
jackhulk Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 23642 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: K3 3G	Best way to create, tag and manage a new library from scratch? Hello I've recently got a Kindle 3 and just wondering what's the best way to manager my library please? My current ebook collection is small so I'd like to get this right starting for scratch, but not sure the best way to go about this please? I was hoping to use the metadata pulled from sites to create all the necessary info for my ebooks, however that doesn't appear to be going so well as it doesn't always pull through correct year, tags, publisher etc and author name format various. How do you guys do this please? Is it best just to enter the data myself? While I understand tags etc, I've never really used them before so not sure the best way to use them here with ebooks. For example, using ISBNDB as meta source pulls through a great number of tags, 99% of which I don't think I would ever use to search, and they are not consistent across the series either. Would it be best to use just a set number of tags to categorize my books, such as fiction, non-fiction etc? What's the best way to setup collections (using plugin) on the Kindle, ie by tag categories as mentioned above, series or author? Any other tips you can give to make the most of setting my library up correctly will be most appreciated thank you. Jackhulk Last edited by jackhulk; 10-16-2011 at 08:50 AM.