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Sydney's Mom · 09-10-2013, 07:00 PM

All of this organizing talk got me to clean up my kindle. I have two types of books--paid or free I get from Amazon, and epub that I get from everywhere else and convert in Calibre.

I had close to 5000 books on my kindle fire, and still had 2 G left, but it was running really, really slow. Tried hooking it up to my computer and deleting files, but after I disconnected and rebooted, they were still there. So, I took a big girl breath, and reset my kindle to factory settings.

I should mention a lot of work already went into my Calibre library. First, I have a virtual library of EPUB, so I can see what I have purchased or gotten from the library (most of Amazon is free). Some time ago, I started downloading all my books into k4pc, and was putting them into Calibre. Unfortunately, I was also downloading them on my kindle.

Here is the weird part. I took Blossom's advice, and went into my media library and cleaned up a lot of books. I moved them to trash, so I could always get them back. But they are still in the cloud, and I am able to download them. As crazy as that sounds, I just did a test. I went into manage my kindle, and searched for book X. It did not find it. But then I went to the cloud on my kindle and searched for book X. It came up and I was able to download it.

Anyway, that wonderful grid view KG did on Calibre saved my life. I didn't want all those epubs, either (especially the several hundred I bought for 5 cents at the Harlequin sale a few years ago). But I love to judge a book by its cover, and spent about 5 hours last night, picking books to load on my kindle. Just the first book in a series, or a couple books from my favorite authors. I found a lot of books I was really excited to get, but forgot about (Flaming Alphabet). So I downloaded maybe a thousand, and transferred them to my kindle. But since I usually sent those books in my kindle by email through Calibre, they are all stored in the cloud under Docs.

I have 3 virtual libraries in Calibre. Already Read, TBR (and they move automatically when I add 0read0 (my tag for books that have been read) to the book), and EPUB. I may create contemporary romance, regency romance, mysteries, thrillers, cookbooks (all the categories I have on my PW). But I finally feel like I am in control once again.

I too started with ebooks in 2008. Luckily, I took the time to put categorize them in Calibre, and then to further refine the tags. I really wouldn't be this happy with my kindle if I hadn't found Mobileread and Calibre! I think it is time to donate again (I have twice already). Next to Quicken, the most useful piece of software on my computer.

09-10-2013, 07:00 PM	#364
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	All of this organizing talk got me to clean up my kindle. I have two types of books--paid or free I get from Amazon, and epub that I get from everywhere else and convert in Calibre. I had close to 5000 books on my kindle fire, and still had 2 G left, but it was running really, really slow. Tried hooking it up to my computer and deleting files, but after I disconnected and rebooted, they were still there. So, I took a big girl breath, and reset my kindle to factory settings. I should mention a lot of work already went into my Calibre library. First, I have a virtual library of EPUB, so I can see what I have purchased or gotten from the library (most of Amazon is free). Some time ago, I started downloading all my books into k4pc, and was putting them into Calibre. Unfortunately, I was also downloading them on my kindle. Here is the weird part. I took Blossom's advice, and went into my media library and cleaned up a lot of books. I moved them to trash, so I could always get them back. But they are still in the cloud, and I am able to download them. As crazy as that sounds, I just did a test. I went into manage my kindle, and searched for book X. It did not find it. But then I went to the cloud on my kindle and searched for book X. It came up and I was able to download it. Anyway, that wonderful grid view KG did on Calibre saved my life. I didn't want all those epubs, either (especially the several hundred I bought for 5 cents at the Harlequin sale a few years ago). But I love to judge a book by its cover, and spent about 5 hours last night, picking books to load on my kindle. Just the first book in a series, or a couple books from my favorite authors. I found a lot of books I was really excited to get, but forgot about (Flaming Alphabet). So I downloaded maybe a thousand, and transferred them to my kindle. But since I usually sent those books in my kindle by email through Calibre, they are all stored in the cloud under Docs. I have 3 virtual libraries in Calibre. Already Read, TBR (and they move automatically when I add 0read0 (my tag for books that have been read) to the book), and EPUB. I may create contemporary romance, regency romance, mysteries, thrillers, cookbooks (all the categories I have on my PW). But I finally feel like I am in control once again. I too started with ebooks in 2008. Luckily, I took the time to put categorize them in Calibre, and then to further refine the tags. I really wouldn't be this happy with my kindle if I hadn't found Mobileread and Calibre! I think it is time to donate again (I have twice already). Next to Quicken, the most useful piece of software on my computer.