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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
That's undoubtedly true. I'm fortunate enough to typically have a pretty good idea of what I want to read next when I'm finishing up a current read.
But back to your point, collections/shelves/whatever you might call them can also be very handy.
With Calibre/Kobo, I can tag a book as Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery or what have you. Each of those categories is a collection on my Kobo. Then, I may not know what I want to read next, but I can browse my selection of mysteries if that's the mood I'm in and find something that way.
I gather this is much harder to do on Kindle and Nook though.
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I purchased a jailbreakable Kindle just to have Calibre collections support.
That said, I can definitely understand what @DNSB is saying regarding having hundreds of collections or having hundreds of books in a collections. I have that in my Calibre library (where it's easy to search, sort and filter). However, I only keep a subset of books (favorites + latest additions) on my Kindle so browsing and search is more manageable. Alas, Kindle doesn't allow searching within collections. Not sure if that's possible with Kobo. I have the Kobo Aura HD and Glo HD but I prefer the Kindle ergonomics-wise so these are rarely (never) used.
If I'm not in the mood for any of the books on my Kindle, then I hit the Calibre server directly from the device's web browser. I'm usually too lazy to get up and plug it via USB.
