Quote:
Originally Posted by library addict
I think it all comes down to finding a system that works for you and that is easiest for you to maintain. Don't be afraid to experiment with it all. If adding & converting books as you buy doesn't work for you, maybe setting aside an hour or two on a regular basis once or twice a month would work.
|
Oh, I have a system I'm pretty happy with... I just have to do it. I've complained (mostly because I can
) but in truth, I've been really busy at work and with family activities, and I've neglected my calibre work, choosing instead to take that left over time in the evening to read... Since Mother's Day, I have been the convert as I buy type, but when things heated up at work and I went on like a 2/3 week buying spree, I suddenly realized I had about a hundred (
) books to convert!
It sort of surprised me and I started thinking about how long it would take me to do them all. One of my problems is that my slight OCD-ness makes me want to (HAVE to) have all of a series of a book (and I do love a series), so when I add a purchased book from a series, I also enter placeholders for the rest of the series - including all the metadata, etc, as if it were an actual book. Does make work on the front end, but the good part is when I finally do get the other books in the series, I just have to load the book file and convert... easy peasy! Now that I think about it, a good number of my backlog are series fillers, so maybe this go-round won't be so bad after all
I will say I'm intrigued about Dropbox. One of the things that frustrates me most is that I use my laptop from work for almost everything (internet browsing, etc). But I don't put my calibre library on it, for obvious reasons, but since I do a lot of my purchasing from that laptop, it's hard for me to check if I already own a book (have to check the various sites and/or goodreads). I use the catalog feature of calibre, but that has to be updated manually, so doesn't really work as well as I'd like. But Dropbox seems like it might allow me to see my files from anywhere as well as let me send books to my Kindle if I'm not at home. What is the cost? (I know, I can go look it up, but was wondering if it would be worth me looking into it...)
Also, thanks everyone for your thoughts! I was sorta complaining just to be complaining but I'm glad I did because I learned some things
Karma to all!!