Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
It's precisely because I buy a lot of books, and because reading is my main hobby, and because I want to be "future proof" my ebook library, and not have it tied to any particular device, app, or supplier, that for me it's a good investment of my time to consolidate all my books into a single library. It's been quite a lot of work getting it all set up to my satisfaction, but now I have, the time that I've invested in it is paying off. It means that I don't need to have half a dozen different reading apps installed on a device, and I don't need to worry about what app I need to use to access a particular book. It's all there for me in one place.
Of course I appreciate that everyone's needs are different, but for me personally, the time I've spent setting up my Calibre library has been time well spent.
|
I agree with you, Harry--I backup all of my books, as well. However, I can see mgmueller's side of it, too. Many times when I buy books I am not sitting at my main PC--I'll buy from one of my tablets, or my laptop, or even sometimes (rarely) from my Kindle itself. In those cases, I will gather up all of my purchases at some point when I am at my main computer and I have the time (not as often, lately) and add all of my recent purchases to Calibre. I actually did this today for the 15 books I bought in the past month or so. I started the process over an hour ago, and am still working on getting the metadata updated so that the books can be searched for by genre or keywords. Of course, since I'm also working (and surfing mobileread) while I'm doing this, it's taking even longer. I estimate that if I had done nothing but work on Calibre, it would probably take me at least an hour to do it all--add books to Calibre, download metadata descriptions for each book, make sure tags are correct. I don't consider this a lot of time to spend once a month, but I can definitely see not wanting to bother with it if backups aren't important to you.
Shari