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latepaul · 04-02-2012, 07:04 AM

I use Calibre as my library. I tend to delete read books when I add new ones.

I used to have all/most of my unread books on my ereader but that involved being a bit more organised about collections so I could find what I want easily. Since my preferred reader these days is my Kobo and it doesn't have collections (yet) I tend to keep it down to a reasonable number (<100)

I do re-read in theory but in practice with a longish TBR I don't do so often. I usually pick my next book from a pool of 5-10 rather than my full TBR anyway.

I've never read a series on my ereader yet, but I can imagine when I do I'll keep previous read books around to refer back to.

I suppose the other thing is that I do 95% of my reading at home so if I want to read or re-read something on a whim my computer with Calibre is right there to load from.

04-02-2012, 07:04 AM	#37
latepaul Wizard Posts: 1,270 Karma: 10468300 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: a variety (mostly kindles and kobos)	I use Calibre as my library. I tend to delete read books when I add new ones. I used to have all/most of my unread books on my ereader but that involved being a bit more organised about collections so I could find what I want easily. Since my preferred reader these days is my Kobo and it doesn't have collections (yet) I tend to keep it down to a reasonable number (<100) I do re-read in theory but in practice with a longish TBR I don't do so often. I usually pick my next book from a pool of 5-10 rather than my full TBR anyway. I've never read a series on my ereader yet, but I can imagine when I do I'll keep previous read books around to refer back to. I suppose the other thing is that I do 95% of my reading at home so if I want to read or re-read something on a whim my computer with Calibre is right there to load from.