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Originally Posted by sakura-panda
You have to figure out what works for you and do that.
I don't want to spend a lot of time managing my library, so for me it's a pretty simple workflow.
I used to try to use Calibre, because it is so highly recommended here, but I confess that while it is everything that everyone says, I personally don't get any satisfying benefit out of it. (I use Trello to keep track of my books because it suits me better.)
First, I would like to keep all of my unread books on my ebook reader, but it's new, so I download any new books to it automatically and I download my TBR books as needed. Books that I download are in a couple of places, but I keep losing track of which library is the "master" because I update devices and storage often and have multiple libraries generated by multiple versions of Calibre. (When I try to combine them, I end up with multiple copies of the same book and it ends up being worse than just having multiple libraries of various origins.  ) I prefer to download from the stores themselves, although that isn't an option for about half my library.
Next, I delete after reading. I like the idea of leaving books on the device for rereading, except that I always seem to change devices before the next time I read and end up redownloading it anyway. LOL
Good luck figuring out what you want to do! Just keep in mind that only you know what works for you and it might be something completely different than what everyone else does.  Thanks for posting the question; it is interesting to see how many different ways there are, even among this group! |
It sounds like Trello is confusing as you have trouble keeping track of your libraries.
Everything you are doing can be done with Calibre and the Reading List plugin. Once it's setup, it become very easy to use. And as for getting confused, it's less likely that will happen with Calibre.