How Many Books on Your Reader? - Page 3

desertgrandma · 10-15-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by PennyPie

About 275...it just keeps getting bigger "I'm downloading ...and I can't stop!" You all keep suggesting interesting stories/authors, I go browsing, and BAM there's another few just sitting there taunting me.

Welcome to the club...........

Verencat · 10-15-2009, 11:11 PM

Please, someone tell me I'm not the only naive person who is scared to put too many books on her device? I got over 400 on my computer, but just can't resolve to putting more then 30 on Pengy, I just feel like I need to be nice and easy to him (yes, him, not it, it would hurt his feelings)...

desertgrandma · 10-16-2009, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Verencat

Please, someone tell me I'm not the only naive person who is scared to put too many books on her device? I got over 400 on my computer, but just can't resolve to putting more then 30 on Pengy, I just feel like I need to be nice and easy to him (yes, him, not it, it would hurt his feelings)...

"pengy"??? He's hungry. FEED him.

derrell · 10-16-2009, 12:40 AM

100 or less. I have the books that I always seem to re-read on the sd card and they stay there along with the ones that I haven't read yet.

The folders are by type SciFi Mil_SciFi History etc.. then by author, if they are in a series that gets its own folder below author.

kindlekitten · 10-16-2009, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

The or less mean I can vote for 1000 or less as long as I have at least one book on my 505.

We should have something like...

Just the one I am reading now
2-10
11-50
50-99
100-199
200-299
300-399
400-499
500-599
600-699
700-799
800-899
900-999
1000 or more (explain)

That would make it so I don't have so many correct answers to choose from that all fit what I have on my 505.

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Sweetpea · 10-16-2009, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PennyPie

About 275...it just keeps getting bigger "I'm downloading ...and I can't stop!" You all keep suggesting interesting stories/authors, I go browsing, and BAM there's another few just sitting there taunting me.

Hey, I've the same symptoms! I finally started on my Taliesin (from Stephen R. Lawhead) which I bought in 2004...

GeoffC · 10-16-2009, 06:18 AM

120, or fewer ...... :don'thitmedon'thitmedon'thitme:

Greg Anos · 10-16-2009, 10:34 AM

I got tired of counting after I got to 400. 1000? 1200? shrug. And how do you count omnibuses? 1 book? the number of paper books in the omnibus?

I keep them on a 2 GIG SD card, which has 1.49 gig used. (And backups, lots of backups....)

Organization is sort of disorganized. All Authors have a folder, and all magazines have a folder. However, so of the author/magazines are group in bigger folders, like mystery, or comedy or classic fiction.

I used OpenInkPot (rel 2/26/09) on a Bebook. works just fine for me. Will read most any non-DRM file. I keep RTF, HTML, Epub, and Mobi files.

desertgrandma · 10-16-2009, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

120, or fewer ...... :don'thitmedon'thitmedon'thitme:

(snatches chocolate bar from hands of GeoffC JUST as its touching lips).....

Seriously..........I keep all my books on my 2g card..........and backed up on my computer. but I feel thats not enough.

Where else can I back them up?

I also only add books I simply must read or re-read at some point. Freebies no longer interest me just for being 'free'.

Great. Now I have to go find some kind of magical life extender so I can read them all before I die. And still........I keep adding.

Last night? My library just got "Dead Until Dark". Started reading immediately..........what a hoot! Can't wait to go thru the series........

babble babble babble............

GeoffC · 10-16-2009, 10:57 AM

I store my book directly on the main memory of my Gen3 (SD card was always dodgy).

Copies stored on my PC main drive AND the back-up drive - AND on a portable back-up drive ..... is that enough ?

desertgrandma · 10-16-2009, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

I store my book directly on the main memory of my Gen3 (SD card was always dodgy).

Copies stored on my PC main drive AND the back-up drive - AND on a portable back-up drive ..... is that enough ?

Yes, I think so. Heres your chocolate back.......

GeoffC · 10-16-2009, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Yes, I think so. Heres your chocolate back.......

oh no - I insist - please enjoy it yourself - I have plenty ....

kennyc · 10-16-2009, 11:29 AM

I'm pretty new at this so don't have that many ebooks at the moment - abt 60 - but generally plan to only have my selection of to-be-read books on my reader. I don't see any need to keep previously read books on the reader, but will keep them in a library on my PC.

desertgrandma · 10-16-2009, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

oh no - I insist - please enjoy it yourself - I have plenty ....

Thank You.

Daithi · 10-16-2009, 11:59 AM

I have a little over 800 books on my Kindle 1 with an SD card. I haven't moved everything over to my Kindle DX, so I only have around 100 books on it.

Personally, I want my entire library on my ereader, but I also want better software on the ereader to manage those books. I find it frustrating that I have to use a PC to manage my library. I'm also not happy that Amazon discontinued support for the SD card.

View Poll Results: How Many Books on Your Device?
I load only what I'm reading at the moment	2	1.47%
I load just a few...10 or less	8	5.88%
I load 50 or less	27	19.85%
I load 100 or less......gotta have a decent selection to choose from!	22	16.18%
200 or less	22	16.18%
300 or less	17	12.50%
400 or less	0	0%
500 or less	8	5.88%
600 or less	5	3.68%
700 or less	2	1.47%
800 or less	3	2.21%
900 or less	1	0.74%
1000 or less	0	0%
1001+ (please let us know how many!)	11	8.09%
I load every e-book I have and love the ability to do so!	19	13.97%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 136. You may not vote on this poll

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10-15-2009, 11:11 PM	#32
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	Please, someone tell me I'm not the only naive person who is scared to put too many books on her device? I got over 400 on my computer, but just can't resolve to putting more then 30 on Pengy, I just feel like I need to be nice and easy to him (yes, him, not it, it would hurt his feelings)...

10-16-2009, 12:40 AM	#34
derrell Jack O' Apes Posts: 227 Karma: 1939 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oklahoma Device: Ebookwise 1150, Nokia N810, EZ-Reader, HTC Droid Incredible, Archos 70	100 or less. I have the books that I always seem to re-read on the sd card and they stay there along with the ones that I haven't read yet. The folders are by type SciFi Mil_SciFi History etc.. then by author, if they are in a series that gets its own folder below author.

10-16-2009, 06:18 AM	#37
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	120, or fewer ...... :don'thitmedon'thitmedon'thitme:

10-16-2009, 10:34 AM	#38
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,545 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	I got tired of counting after I got to 400. 1000? 1200? shrug. And how do you count omnibuses? 1 book? the number of paper books in the omnibus? I keep them on a 2 GIG SD card, which has 1.49 gig used. (And backups, lots of backups....) Organization is sort of disorganized. All Authors have a folder, and all magazines have a folder. However, so of the author/magazines are group in bigger folders, like mystery, or comedy or classic fiction. I used OpenInkPot (rel 2/26/09) on a Bebook. works just fine for me. Will read most any non-DRM file. I keep RTF, HTML, Epub, and Mobi files.

10-16-2009, 10:57 AM	#40
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I store my book directly on the main memory of my Gen3 (SD card was always dodgy). Copies stored on my PC main drive AND the back-up drive - AND on a portable back-up drive ..... is that enough ?

10-16-2009, 11:29 AM	#43
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	I'm pretty new at this so don't have that many ebooks at the moment - abt 60 - but generally plan to only have my selection of to-be-read books on my reader. I don't see any need to keep previously read books on the reader, but will keep them in a library on my PC.

10-16-2009, 11:59 AM	#45
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I have a little over 800 books on my Kindle 1 with an SD card. I haven't moved everything over to my Kindle DX, so I only have around 100 books on it. Personally, I want my entire library on my ereader, but I also want better software on the ereader to manage those books. I find it frustrating that I have to use a PC to manage my library. I'm also not happy that Amazon discontinued support for the SD card.