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Originally Posted by Blue2u
libraryaddict, I just can't bring myself to delete any though, I figure they take up little room on my computer, but back when I did my major Calibre overhaul I did tag each according to reading-priority.
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I still have probably more books than I will ever read. Some of the books I deleted fell into the "why on earth did I download this" category. And there were some self-pubs where the lack of formatting and editing was just too much. But many were "Sounds vaguely interesting" category that I try to be more ruthless about nowadays. I have too many really-want-to-reads, want-to-reads, and maybe-want-to-reads to keep that many if-I-ever-run-out-of-everything-else-I-could-maybe-try-this type of books.
Even though I had the virtual space, I tried to treat my digital books the same way I did the print ones when I moved and I had to get rid of two-thirds of them. Even then I did keep about 100 or so books I'd read that I probably will never reread with the justification of "but they're already in Calibre, tagged, etc..."
As hard as it is to get rid of books (digital or print) it's also very liberating.