What do you do with a book once finished - Page 3

HarryT · 01-01-2016, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

All my books are in my calibre database. I just keep the next hundred or so I'm thinking of reading on my ereader, and delete them from there when I've read them.

Anyone with more than a couple of dozen ebooks should use calibre.

Same here. Library in Calibre; a few hundreds books that I'm likely to want to read in the near future on my Kindle.

pdurrant · 01-01-2016, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Not everybody. A friend of mine, with more than a couple of hundred ebooks, handles quite well her collection with a spreadsheet. Don't talk her about calibre, she says it's too difficult for her and gives her nothing over her actual method. Another friend uses it only for conversion, her list is out, because of the same reason. Not every tool is for everybody.

I do understand. I managed my books in folders by author for many years, and didn't start using calibre for some time after it became available, even though I had been moaning about the lack of 'an iTunes for eBooks' for ages.

I was wrong. They are wrong. But I accept that there's no way to persuade them of that.

Terisa de morgan · 01-01-2016, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

I do understand. I managed my books in folders by author for many years, and didn't start using calibre for some time after it became available, even though I had been moaning about the lack of 'an iTunes for eBooks' for ages.

I was wrong. They are wrong. But I accept that there's no way to persuade them of that.

No way to do it, yes, I've tried

But, in the end, if they feel comfortable...

Atunah · 01-01-2016, 10:22 AM

I know all about calibre. I use it. But only as a form of back up and cataloging my reads. Kind of like goodreads, just with the actual files. Unless of course they are library loans or KU, then its just a empty book.
I mark stuff as read, I have the genre tags and such, star ratings. But I do not use calibre to decide what to read next or to load my books as I only read the books that come straight from Amazon. The ones in calibre are just backup.

I use collections on my kindles for sorting what to read, when to read and when I am done.

Cinisajoy · 01-01-2016, 10:22 AM

If I had known about Calibre several thousand books ago, I might have tried it.
On cookbooks, they are generally kept on Kindle for PC or just deleted after looked at.
Most I picked up were on free day.
I did learn cross stitch books and devices do not play well together. Highlights don't work on pictures.
Novels and shorts I just keep on a device until read or tried to read.
Though since I implemented my what I won't even look at, I have fewer bad books.

Apache · 01-01-2016, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

All my books are in my calibre database. I just keep the next hundred or so I'm thinking of reading on my ereader, and delete them from there when I've read them.

Anyone with more than a couple of dozen ebooks should use calibre.

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Same here. Library in Calibre; a few hundreds books that I'm likely to want to read in the near future on my Kindle.

I have all of my books in Calibre and Calibre backed up in multiple locations. Yet I still like to have all of my books at my fingertips, so I have them all on my HD+. I never know where I will be when I finish a book and rarely have made a decision on what to read next.
Apache

4691mls · 01-01-2016, 01:53 PM

I read a lot of library books so those get returned when finished. The books I have bought I keep on the reader in case I want to reread. There have been only a couple that I disliked enough to delete.

BearMountainBooks · 01-01-2016, 02:18 PM

I usually delete them once read, but if I bought the book elsewhere I have to double-check to make sure I have a copy on my machine. I usually do since I typically download to my laptop, put it in calibre and then port to my kindle. The lack of ability to sort on kindle is a huge detriment for me. I lose track of books I haven't read--I forget I buy them and they get pushed so far back, they may never be seen again. I wish I could see covers too--that reminds me of why I bought the book and generally tells me instantly if it's a cozy, a thriller, UF or sci/fi. I do a lot of browsing of my library on Amazon and I hate that because I still can sort.

I have and will delete unreadable books completely off the kindle AND off the Amazon list. Yeah, it means I might accidentally buy it again, but since almost all of the unreadable ones were free, it's not likely that I'll accidentally spend money on one (I usually sample actual purchases). If there were a nice container I could EASILY stick them in, I'd probably do that, but all the methods I've tried just end up too hard to maintain.

I honestly think one of the reasons Amazon makes it so hard to sort and categorize is to have people just shop for something new.

harriska2 · 01-01-2016, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

All my books are in my calibre database. I just keep the next hundred or so I'm thinking of reading on my ereader, and delete them from there when I've read them.

Anyone with more than a couple of dozen ebooks should use calibre.

Yep, same here. Store in calibre, load the next dozen or so to read on my kindle. I delete from Kindle PW once read.

timebug · 01-02-2016, 05:14 AM

I generally keep whatever I am currently reading on
my ereader; I tend to read series of ten or more books
at a time so it makes sense.Once read, I remove them
and add my 'next batch' of books.When I first had my
reader I tended to fill it with a couple of thousand books;
this,I found tended to slow down the page turns and the
reader in general.So I began to trim the number of ebooks
down.
All the ebooks I have,I keep backed up on my PC and
on either a usb stick or burned to a disc.That way,I can
have the option of re-reading them anytime in the future.
Once in a blue moon, I find a book that is so bad or so
uninteresting (to me) that I will permanently delete it.
Given the cost of the books in relation to the pleasure I
get from the reading of them, it makes sense to save them,
as I would with a real paper book!

Bookworm_Girl · 01-02-2016, 08:05 PM

I remove books from my reader after I am finished. I keep "currently reading" and a small "TBR" list on my reader only. I can always redownload them from the cloud later if I want to read them again. I just don't reread that many books. I mark them as read in calibre including the date finished. Then I update my Goodreads account.

soulfuldog · 01-03-2016, 06:59 AM

I'm another who only keeps a relatively small number of books on my ereader. So I delete them as soon as I've read them, mark them read in Calibre (I've got to keep them as otherwise I'd start re-reading tons of books I'd forgotten I'd read previously) and just every now and then load up another dozen or so books from Calibre onto my ereader.

Cosimo · 01-03-2016, 08:37 PM

What do you do with a book once finished?

I read another one.

HarryT · 01-04-2016, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cosimo

What do you do with a book once finished?

I read another one.

You have not answered the question that was asked. The OP did not ask "what do you do when you've finished a book", but "what do you do with the book that you've finished".

Solicitous · 01-04-2016, 04:21 AM

After reading I tend to just leave them on the device. Storage is cheap. If it is a book that I can't read due to being in my view, just a bad read I delete it - if I can't read it no use in keeping it (not like I'll get around to trying it again later).

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01-01-2016, 10:22 AM	#34
Atunah Wizard Posts: 1,817 Karma: 23400001 Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA Device: K1/K3/BasicK Voyage/Oasis1/Oasis3	I know all about calibre. I use it. But only as a form of back up and cataloging my reads. Kind of like goodreads, just with the actual files. Unless of course they are library loans or KU, then its just a empty book. I mark stuff as read, I have the genre tags and such, star ratings. But I do not use calibre to decide what to read next or to load my books as I only read the books that come straight from Amazon. The ones in calibre are just backup. I use collections on my kindles for sorting what to read, when to read and when I am done.

01-01-2016, 10:22 AM	#35
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	If I had known about Calibre several thousand books ago, I might have tried it. On cookbooks, they are generally kept on Kindle for PC or just deleted after looked at. Most I picked up were on free day. I did learn cross stitch books and devices do not play well together. Highlights don't work on pictures. Novels and shorts I just keep on a device until read or tried to read. Though since I implemented my what I won't even look at, I have fewer bad books.

01-01-2016, 01:53 PM	#37
4691mls Wizard Posts: 2,776 Karma: 30081762 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: US Device: ALL DEVICES ARE STOCK: Kobo Clara, Tolino Shine 2, Sony PRS-T3, T1	I read a lot of library books so those get returned when finished. The books I have bought I keep on the reader in case I want to reread. There have been only a couple that I disliked enough to delete.

01-01-2016, 02:18 PM	#38
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	I usually delete them once read, but if I bought the book elsewhere I have to double-check to make sure I have a copy on my machine. I usually do since I typically download to my laptop, put it in calibre and then port to my kindle. The lack of ability to sort on kindle is a huge detriment for me. I lose track of books I haven't read--I forget I buy them and they get pushed so far back, they may never be seen again. I wish I could see covers too--that reminds me of why I bought the book and generally tells me instantly if it's a cozy, a thriller, UF or sci/fi. I do a lot of browsing of my library on Amazon and I hate that because I still can sort. I have and will delete unreadable books completely off the kindle AND off the Amazon list. Yeah, it means I might accidentally buy it again, but since almost all of the unreadable ones were free, it's not likely that I'll accidentally spend money on one (I usually sample actual purchases). If there were a nice container I could EASILY stick them in, I'd probably do that, but all the methods I've tried just end up too hard to maintain. I honestly think one of the reasons Amazon makes it so hard to sort and categorize is to have people just shop for something new.

01-02-2016, 05:14 AM	#40
timebug Ancient Sage Posts: 14,585 Karma: 15493448 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Derby U.K. Device: Kobo Reader	I generally keep whatever I am currently reading on my ereader; I tend to read series of ten or more books at a time so it makes sense.Once read, I remove them and add my 'next batch' of books.When I first had my reader I tended to fill it with a couple of thousand books; this,I found tended to slow down the page turns and the reader in general.So I began to trim the number of ebooks down. All the ebooks I have,I keep backed up on my PC and on either a usb stick or burned to a disc.That way,I can have the option of re-reading them anytime in the future. Once in a blue moon, I find a book that is so bad or so uninteresting (to me) that I will permanently delete it. Given the cost of the books in relation to the pleasure I get from the reading of them, it makes sense to save them, as I would with a real paper book!

01-02-2016, 08:05 PM	#41
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	I remove books from my reader after I am finished. I keep "currently reading" and a small "TBR" list on my reader only. I can always redownload them from the cloud later if I want to read them again. I just don't reread that many books. I mark them as read in calibre including the date finished. Then I update my Goodreads account.

01-03-2016, 06:59 AM	#42
soulfuldog I ♥ Calibre Posts: 2,073 Karma: 5678911 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Voyage, Sony PRS-350, Hudl2	I'm another who only keeps a relatively small number of books on my ereader. So I delete them as soon as I've read them, mark them read in Calibre (I've got to keep them as otherwise I'd start re-reading tons of books I'd forgotten I'd read previously) and just every now and then load up another dozen or so books from Calibre onto my ereader.

01-03-2016, 08:37 PM	#43
Cosimo Groupie Posts: 160 Karma: 3337854 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Glo HD	What do you do with a book once finished? I read another one.

01-04-2016, 04:21 AM	#45
Solicitous Wizard Posts: 1,434 Karma: 1525776 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: TAS, Australia Device: Astak Pocket Pro (Black), 2 x Kindle WiFi (Graphite), iPod Touch 4G	After reading I tend to just leave them on the device. Storage is cheap. If it is a book that I can't read due to being in my view, just a bad read I delete it - if I can't read it no use in keeping it (not like I'll get around to trying it again later).