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Originally Posted by koland
Just stay on your side of the room and practice safe PC'ing until it's gone! 
I cataloged nearly all my paper books using a combination of LibraryThing and their cuecat scanner. Makes it a lot easier to do (although still a bit tedious - and you really need a portable notebook computer, so you can do it at the shelves and not have to carry books around). It's one reason I keep the excel spreadsheet, as it also has info on the paper books (which I should enter into Calibre, but have been to lazy to do except for a few). I do try to remember to put audiobooks into Calibre (manually), so that I don't have to search for those, as they are too large to keep on my main computer.
One tip - if you keep your library on dropbox, make sure it isn't in a publicly accessible folder. I've seen reports of people who've had their DB accounts closed, presumably after receiving a takedown notice from someone after finding a file in a google search (most of them were, no doubt, serving files to many people, but it's safer to keep your book files private, just in case). |
Goodreads has something like that on their android app. I keep my audiobooks separate on a external because they are so big! Audibles aren't backed up because of DRM but I'm not too worry.
I keep a backup on DB of my Calibre library but it's not the original one. I use a sync program to to keep it all up to date and sync about once a week. I also keep another backup on a external drive.
Good news It turns out it's not the flu but a nasty cold! I am so relieved. I know, I know I am still contagious for 3 days so I will stay right over here but after seeing hubby have the flu two weeks ago I rather have the cold! Now I have to buy a hair dryer. I never use one but going to bed with damp hair made me catch cold.
On even better news I won $50 today on a scratchie. This is the second time in a two week period bringing my book budget to $100. I never win anything so this is a nice change. Now I just need some sales! Hubby is home today. We had a ice storm so the factory is closed. I'm gonna lay back and start a new book on my PW.
