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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Frankly, I fail to see the point in getting rid of ebooks. Paper books, obviously; they take up real, physical space you could use for other purposes. But the amount of space ebooks occupy is negligible; why bother?
I've accepted the fact that I never, ever read all or even most of my ebooks. So what? I still like to pick and choose among them for my next read. As all my books are meticulously tagged, categorized and organized in Calibre, it's not hard to find what I want, no matter the overall amount. Now if I had to rely on Amazon or Kobo for library management, perhaps I'd want to have as few books as possible, too.  Fortunately I don't have to. |
I could, and do, say that eclutter is still clutter, but I realize that begs the issue. However, I think there's a truth there just the same.
For one thing, ebooks need curating and curating takes time. Even if you've got your systems and categories in place, the more books, the more time needs to be spent on categorizing. To maintain granularity so you don't have to scroll through an endless list of books when you're in the mood for "something", more categories need to be established and books reassigned as the library grows. I'm speaking from experience, here. In addition to categorizing books by type, I also categorize them by "appeal". But that's got top-heavy over time, even as I've broken down my top "appeal" category.
Given the reality that I can't read all the books I'd like to read in my lifetime, why not cut out those that won't make the cut? Even cuts made with a machete rather than a rapier result in a library of greater appeal. I must say that when I try to winnow out books on my Aura One (which I try to maximize at ≈250 or less, it pretty much can't be done.
All the books strike me as fabulous. And fabulous is what I'd like my ebook libraries to be.