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Originally Posted by Tarana
I have a Paul inspired spreadsheet for my audiobooks, that I created last year for TBR. All it has is title, author, year purchased and where the audiobook is located. Even with something this basic, it took me a week to gather data and type it up. I have around 400 audiobooks in the list. Putting it all into Calibre would take a lot longer, taking away from my precious reading and needlework time. Currently, I put completed titles in my PERSONAL library with either the matching Whispersync or Guttenberg mobi file, or a blank book, filled in with the metadata and a location of the audiobook (yes, sometimes it's the mobi file from the library, but I digress).
Yes, I agree that dumping everything into Calibre and using its features is preferable, however sometimes the learning curve to use some of these features is difficult. Paul gave us a step-by-step on how to do that yes/no column a little while back, which eliminated my need for more libraries, but I still can't figure out how to use the virtual library. In addition, I don't know how well the virtual library will come out after a crash. I had a crash recently, and not only had to manually add back my libraries, but also had to reinstall all my plugins. If there were a virtual library, would it have been lost? I don't know.
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I found the Import List plug-in helpful when I wanted to add my spreadsheet of 2000+ paper books to Calibre. It saved me a lot of time.
My failing when it comes to buying ebooks are $1.99 sale books, particularly history and SF&F ones. My TBR pile has hit 399 books at latest count, 119 of which are history and 139 are SF&F.