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Originally Posted by booklover6
I have them sorted into these libraries.
Erotica
PNR/UF
Historical/contemp/suspense romance
M/M
SF/Zombies/YA
Kids books
Due to some authors writing in different genres, there are some books that are not in the "right" library. But I can find what I am looking for very quickly.
I also have a custom genre column, which I use to quickly group historical romance, or paranormal historical romance, within a library.
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I have about 5000 books at this point, organized into 4 libraries. I used the MR forum posts to help me organize and it works just fine. I have the "Unsorted" library where new books are added until copy/deleted to the appropriate library. The "Find Duplicates" (between libraries) addin is invaluable to help avoid duplicate entries.
I use a 2-tier keyword of "Genre" and "Keyword" to sort books within type libraries. I also find the "Read" column helpful, using 'toRead" or "toBuy", for books that I haven't read (or bought, using the null Add Book feature), and r1-r5 for ratings when I have read them. I also have a "onDevice" column to keep track of which device(s) has the books. Also, the "Source" column keeps track of retailers and whether free or paid. There are other columns for Comments, Series, Awards, Pub_Type, etc
The libraries are:
Amazon: also marked as Free or Paid (I copy these into other libraries as well)
Para_SciFi_Fan (Paranormal, Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Romance (Contemporary and Historical)
General (Mainstream lit, Fiction + Non-fiction, Classics, Comics, Cookbooks, etc)
Using Calibre has made my whole reading experience so much better! When I feel like a certain type of book, I can load a Kindle up with 5-6 books and just read away
Plus, I avoid purchasing duplicates.