Number of books / size managed with Calibre

icq70610 · 08-01-2010, 06:02 AM

Hi folks,

I came a across a couple of thoughts that I wanted to share and a couple of questions.

1) how many books you guys have and whats the size of your calibre folder? my numbers are: 1628 books / 2.65 GB

2) what is your experience on managing larger numbers?

the reason why I ask is simple I collected 10000 of Mangas over the years and having them nicely organized in Comic Libraries Im not realy into importing them into Calibre because I fear it becomes a mess in organization and makes it almost impossible finding something to read. currently I even have stored searches to exclude the 500+ scientific documents allready in calibre. but merging them with novels, and normal books is not really usefull.

how you folks are handling this?

just share your experience.

Joe

tdk987 · 08-01-2010, 06:39 AM

Collection over 4GB, not counting PDFs; I use tags mainly. I actually rarely use the desktop app for reading, I just use the iPhone one which allows easy sorting by Author, series, etc.

Adoby · 08-01-2010, 06:56 AM

1595 books, 787 MB, mainly epub.

I don't do much to them in calibre after the metadata is right. All are in the reader. I let Calibre sync metadata now and then, and upload new works to the device.

No problems.

SkyDream · 08-01-2010, 06:57 AM

What about using more than one library with calibre ?

Manga library
Science library
others library

DoctorOhh · 08-01-2010, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icq70610

1) how many books you guys have and whats the size of your calibre folder? my numbers are: 1628 books / 2.65 GB

My library has 2330 books taking up 1.5G of space. All of my covers are 600x800 and 2225 of the books are epub.

Quote:

Originally Posted by icq70610

Im not realy into importing them into Calibre because I fear it becomes a mess in organization and makes it almost impossible finding something to read.

With the tags, saved searches, restricted views I don't see how the organization can be a mess.

Quote:

Originally Posted by icq70610

currently I even have stored searches to exclude the 500+ scientific documents allready in calibre. but merging them with novels, and normal books is not really usefull.

So you are already versed in saved searches, you can also have restricted views of your library and if you must, there is now the easy option of accessing multiple libraries via the book icon in the top bar.

theducks · 08-01-2010, 11:27 AM

1041 books with at least 1 format (EPUB, typically). Many with multiple formats (1 that was selected for the original convert).
1.18GB

I say a 1T internal drive the othe day. Price $60 US

I paid more than that for a box(10) of 1.2M floppies in the old days of computers.

chrisix · 08-01-2010, 11:52 AM

19815 books 89GB most of them PDF, Calibre takes some Minutes to start.

I don't know why it scans all of them at startup?

texasnightowl · 08-01-2010, 12:15 PM

1030 books; 1.16gb...each book typically has 2 formats...epub and mobi...occasionally a 3rd format if it started off as lit or pdb...only a handful of PDF's since I try to avoid them.

ficbot · 08-01-2010, 12:36 PM

About 900 books, taking up 0.60 gb. I have some PDFs too but have not imported those in. I gave up on graphic novels after a brief experiment when I got the iPad. Just not my thing. So the PDFs are mostly articles, and I don't want to clutter Calibre with them.

texasnightowl · 08-01-2010, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

I say a 1T internal drive the othe day. Price $60 US

I paid more than that for a box(10) of 1.2M floppies in the old days of computers.

Gets depressing, doesn't it?

I remember paying between $350 and $400 for my first CDRW drive...

Starson17 · 08-01-2010, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by texasnightowl

Gets depressing, doesn't it?

I remember paying between $350 and $400 for my first CDRW drive...

I remember meeting with an entrepreneur trying to sell a program for identity verification to the state. The program stored images and needed a large HD. He proudly told us how he'd spent $10,000 for a 100 MB drive (the largest being sold).

08-01-2010, 06:02 AM	#1
icq70610 Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 510 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: PSR505	Number of books / size managed with Calibre Hi folks, I came a across a couple of thoughts that I wanted to share and a couple of questions. 1) how many books you guys have and whats the size of your calibre folder? my numbers are: 1628 books / 2.65 GB 2) what is your experience on managing larger numbers? the reason why I ask is simple I collected 10000 of Mangas over the years and having them nicely organized in Comic Libraries Im not realy into importing them into Calibre because I fear it becomes a mess in organization and makes it almost impossible finding something to read. currently I even have stored searches to exclude the 500+ scientific documents allready in calibre. but merging them with novels, and normal books is not really usefull. how you folks are handling this? just share your experience. Joe

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08-01-2010, 06:39 AM	#2
tdk987 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: iPhone	Collection over 4GB, not counting PDFs; I use tags mainly. I actually rarely use the desktop app for reading, I just use the iPhone one which allows easy sorting by Author, series, etc.

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Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,737 Karma: 26785684 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra	1595 books, 787 MB, mainly epub. I don't do much to them in calibre after the metadata is right. All are in the reader. I let Calibre sync metadata now and then, and upload new works to the device. No problems.

08-01-2010, 06:57 AM	#4
SkyDream Wizard Posts: 1,377 Karma: 9400 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Europe Device: PRS-650, iPod touch 4G, iPad 3	What about using more than one library with calibre ? Manga library Science library others library

08-01-2010, 11:27 AM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,944 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	1041 books with at least 1 format (EPUB, typically). Many with multiple formats (1 that was selected for the original convert). 1.18GB I say a 1T internal drive the othe day. Price $60 US I paid more than that for a box(10) of 1.2M floppies in the old days of computers.

08-01-2010, 11:52 AM	#7
chrisix Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: iPad	19815 books 89GB most of them PDF, Calibre takes some Minutes to start. I don't know why it scans all of them at startup?

08-01-2010, 12:15 PM	#8
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08-01-2010, 12:36 PM	#9
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	About 900 books, taking up 0.60 gb. I have some PDFs too but have not imported those in. I gave up on graphic novels after a brief experiment when I got the iPad. Just not my thing. So the PDFs are mostly articles, and I don't want to clutter Calibre with them.

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