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Originally Posted by cvkemp
I use calibre to keep my books and transfer as needed.
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That's what I do too. The Kindle, or any eReader for that matter, IMHO is not ideal for indexing and searching a large number of books. Navigation is an issue. A user interface with only basic features (compared to a computer's interface) makes handling large collections of things difficult. Just the simple act of scrolling that is so trivially easy on a computer is not so nice on a eReader So like cvkemp, I use Calibre on my desktop computer for all that management. Then I'll put maybe a dozen books or so on the eReader - my top choices for "what to read next" at any given time. So I still have choice available on the eReader, and backup books available should I be on a trip and finish a book halfway through.
But just because I choose to do things this way does not mean that everyone does. And for those who want large collections on their eReaders, that's fine. The software should not try to force it's way in to handle things. From what I've read here in this thread, it appears that it doesn't. But it
does give you the tools to shoot yourself in the foot if you're not careful and follow down the path to set up auto deletion in the first place.
The people with intentional large collections on their Kindles probably have that because they want to manage it themselves. So they need the auto delete feature less than anybody else. They have their own personal organization in mind. It is the clueless individual who accidentally ends up with a large collection that these "we'll save you from yourself!" features are most beneficial.