Just cleaned up my Amazon library

pagansoul · 10-12-2011, 07:01 AM

I figured it was about time to delete ebooks that I finished reading and don't think I need to keep in my on-line library. The oldest book currently is dated as being purchased June 5, 2008 and I have 259 books remaining. There are about 50 books that I have read and am keeping, the 'Lord of the Rings' collection and several mobilereference collections, Charles Dickens, William Shakespear, HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain and others. That leaves about 200 unread, mostly free, mostly romance and fantasy novels that I have not gotten to.

Question - are you keeping the books you have in your library or do you delete as you read. If you really like a book, do you go out and get the hard copy? I have yet to purchase in book form anything that I have in ebook in the last 5 years.

kennyc · 10-12-2011, 07:05 AM

Huh? What do you mean you deleted them. Doesn't that mean that you can't download them from Amazon again without re-purchasing?

pagansoul · 10-12-2011, 07:14 AM

Yes, most of what I have in my library are free. I don't need to weed through pages and pages of stuff I will never read again. Some people keep everything. I actually have a downloaded copy of most of the stuff on my computer but yes, I deleted many off the Amazon library and I don't keep samples or ebooks I didn't enjoy. That is my questiion, do most of you keep everything in your library and not delete anything?

HappyMartin · 10-12-2011, 07:21 AM

I keep it all. Samples go of course. The rest stays. Takes up no space in my life. Bought 200 books from Amazon in the past 2 years between my wife and I. About 80% are my purchases. Bit surprised at how much I am reading. Not all my books come from Amazon and I also read a lot of magazines. Clearly I need to get a life.

kennyc · 10-12-2011, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by pagansoul

Yes, most of what I have in my library are free. I don't need to weed through pages and pages of stuff I will never read again. Some people keep everything. I actually have a downloaded copy of most of the stuff on my computer but yes, I deleted many off the Amazon library and I don't keep samples or ebooks I didn't enjoy. That is my questiion, do most of you keep everything in your library and not delete anything?

Mine are all purchases so yes, I plan on keeping them.

I currently have about 60 books there...at an average of $10 each: $600
That is over about the last two years. I've probably spent twice that on pbooks at amazon.

tubemonkey · 10-12-2011, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by pagansoul

Yes, most of what I have in my library are free. I don't need to weed through pages and pages of stuff I will never read again. Some people keep everything. I actually have a downloaded copy of most of the stuff on my computer but yes, I deleted many off the Amazon library and I don't keep samples or ebooks I didn't enjoy. That is my questiion, do most of you keep everything in your library and not delete anything?

I keep. Amazon gets dinged for storage; not me. The only ones I actually keep on my hard drives and DVDs are the very few KSO specials I actually paid for and the collected works of my very favorite public domain authors.

avantman42 · 10-12-2011, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by pagansoul

Question - are you keeping the books you have in your library or do you delete as you read.

I keep them. It's very rare that I look at my Amazon archives, so deleting them would be extra effort, with (in my opinion) no benefit to me.

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Originally Posted by pagansoul

If you really like a book, do you go out and get the hard copy?

No. I've had my Kindle for about a year, and I've just bought a paper book (the first one I've bought since I got my Kindle). It's not available as an e-book, and even if it was, it would really need a large screen.

Having just checked, there are 86 books in my Amazon library. I've bought books elsewhere, too, so I'd guess I've bought over 100 books in the last year (not counting freebies)

HappyMartin · 10-12-2011, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I keep. Amazon gets dinged for storage; not me. The only ones I actually keep on my hard drives and DVDs are the very few KSO specials I actually paid for and the collected works of my very favorite public domain authors.

No much space for Amazon. Not like they have separate little copies of your books. A little link to the file is all it is I think

kennyc · 10-12-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by HappyMartin

No much space for Amazon. Not like they have separate little copies of your books. A little link to the file is all it is I think

Yep, just like the library lending...

tubemonkey · 10-12-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by HappyMartin

No much space for Amazon. Not like they have separate little copies of your books. A little link to the file is all it is I think

Which is why I let them keep 'em.

DiapDealer · 10-12-2011, 07:55 AM

I delete the library books from my Kindle Archive (since re-downloading an expired library book isn't exactly a very fulfilling experience—who knew?!), but everything else stays. Unless a book I purchased really, really sucked, of course.

But basically, I keep my Kindle cleaned up, and the rest is Amazon's problem.

kennyc · 10-12-2011, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I delete the library books from my Kindle Archive (since re-downloading an expired library book isn't exactly a very fulfilling experience—who knew?!), but everything else stays. Unless a book I purchased really, really sucked, of course.

But basically, I keep my Kindle cleaned, up and the rest is Amazon's problem.

^^^^ Yes, this. ^^^^^

howyoudoin · 10-12-2011, 08:52 AM

IMO donate them to another user. They'd be DRM'ed of course, but its upto the receiver to do what he wants with them

abookreader · 10-12-2011, 09:27 AM

With very few exceptions, if I bought it - I keep it.

I keep it in my various online store archives (Amazon, Kobo etc)

I keep it in Calibre

I keep it in Dropbox

I keep it over at Mozy.com

Most of them I also keep on a Kindle device organized into collections.

All of that is pretty much automatic and little work, I can't imagine why I'd want to go through and delete them. What if I have a Granddaughter someday who might want to read "old fashioned" Romance novels? I'd hate to tell her I deleted them all.

teadonkey · 10-12-2011, 09:37 AM

I have deleted a few books that were freebies that I thought I'd like and then hated... but other than that I just delete off my Kindle when I'm done. I put the ones I really, really liked in calibre and call it a day. The ones I never want to read again can sit in Amazon.

10-12-2011, 07:01 AM	#1
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	Just cleaned up my Amazon library I figured it was about time to delete ebooks that I finished reading and don't think I need to keep in my on-line library. The oldest book currently is dated as being purchased June 5, 2008 and I have 259 books remaining. There are about 50 books that I have read and am keeping, the 'Lord of the Rings' collection and several mobilereference collections, Charles Dickens, William Shakespear, HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain and others. That leaves about 200 unread, mostly free, mostly romance and fantasy novels that I have not gotten to. Question - are you keeping the books you have in your library or do you delete as you read. If you really like a book, do you go out and get the hard copy? I have yet to purchase in book form anything that I have in ebook in the last 5 years.

10-12-2011, 07:14 AM	#3
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	Yes, most of what I have in my library are free. I don't need to weed through pages and pages of stuff I will never read again. Some people keep everything. I actually have a downloaded copy of most of the stuff on my computer but yes, I deleted many off the Amazon library and I don't keep samples or ebooks I didn't enjoy. That is my questiion, do most of you keep everything in your library and not delete anything? Last edited by pagansoul; 10-12-2011 at 07:17 AM.

10-12-2011, 07:55 AM	#11
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,569 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I delete the library books from my Kindle Archive (since re-downloading an expired library book isn't exactly a very fulfilling experience—who knew?!), but everything else stays. Unless a book I purchased really, really sucked, of course. But basically, I keep my Kindle cleaned up, and the rest is Amazon's problem. Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-12-2011 at 08:07 AM.

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10-12-2011, 07:05 AM	#2
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,897 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Huh? What do you mean you deleted them. Doesn't that mean that you can't download them from Amazon again without re-purchasing?

10-12-2011, 07:21 AM	#4
HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	I keep it all. Samples go of course. The rest stays. Takes up no space in my life. Bought 200 books from Amazon in the past 2 years between my wife and I. About 80% are my purchases. Bit surprised at how much I am reading. Not all my books come from Amazon and I also read a lot of magazines. Clearly I need to get a life.

10-12-2011, 08:52 AM	#13
howyoudoin how YOU doin? Posts: 1,100 Karma: 7371047 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: India Device: Kindle Keyboard, iPad Pro 10.5”, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Libra 2	IMO donate them to another user. They'd be DRM'ed of course, but its upto the receiver to do what he wants with them

10-12-2011, 09:27 AM	#14
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	With very few exceptions, if I bought it - I keep it. I keep it in my various online store archives (Amazon, Kobo etc) I keep it in Calibre I keep it in Dropbox I keep it over at Mozy.com Most of them I also keep on a Kindle device organized into collections. All of that is pretty much automatic and little work, I can't imagine why I'd want to go through and delete them. What if I have a Granddaughter someday who might want to read "old fashioned" Romance novels? I'd hate to tell her I deleted them all.

10-12-2011, 09:37 AM	#15
teadonkey Zealot Posts: 132 Karma: 2179008 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3 WiFi	I have deleted a few books that were freebies that I thought I'd like and then hated... but other than that I just delete off my Kindle when I'm done. I put the ones I really, really liked in calibre and call it a day. The ones I never want to read again can sit in Amazon.

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