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askyn · 10-15-2008, 05:29 PM

Hi again all /wave

Thought id bring up a couple topics for dicussion to see how people feel and see the marits of different formats.

1) What format do you like to stort your ebooks in?
2) HOW do you store you books?

For ease of editing / coversion / finding the book you really want when you want to read it.

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1) Right now I prefer RTF for storeing my books. Its very easy to edit the files to get the formating the way you want. Add pictures etc etc.
I considered HTML, but im not great at editing it, and think RTF is easier.

2) I have a master directory called eBooks, under that I have a directory for each other ( LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME ), under that I have each book labeled ( AUTHORS-Lastname, Firstname - SeriesName BOOKNUMBER - BookTITLE )

IE -- just a example

Directory:
eBooks
----> Anthony, Piers
---------> Anthony, Piers - Xanth 01 - Spell For Chameleon.rtf
----> Freedman, Dave
---------> Freedman, Dave - Natural Selection.rtf

This lets me find the book when I want too, keeps series together and ( I HOPE ), stores the book in a format that can be coverted readily to any thing I want in the future.

For now I use a bookwise 1150 and conversion to IMP is super easy.

10-15-2008, 05:29 PM	#1
askyn Addict Posts: 300 Karma: 1006538 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite (11th Gen)	What format do you like to "Store" your books in? Hi again all /wave Thought id bring up a couple topics for dicussion to see how people feel and see the marits of different formats. 1) What format do you like to stort your ebooks in? 2) HOW do you store you books? For ease of editing / coversion / finding the book you really want when you want to read it. ============ 1) Right now I prefer RTF for storeing my books. Its very easy to edit the files to get the formating the way you want. Add pictures etc etc. I considered HTML, but im not great at editing it, and think RTF is easier. 2) I have a master directory called eBooks, under that I have a directory for each other ( LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME ), under that I have each book labeled ( AUTHORS-Lastname, Firstname - SeriesName BOOKNUMBER - BookTITLE ) IE -- just a example Directory: eBooks ----> Anthony, Piers ---------> Anthony, Piers - Xanth 01 - Spell For Chameleon.rtf ----> Freedman, Dave ---------> Freedman, Dave - Natural Selection.rtf This lets me find the book when I want too, keeps series together and ( I HOPE ), stores the book in a format that can be coverted readily to any thing I want in the future. For now I use a bookwise 1150 and conversion to IMP is super easy.