eBook owners question - Page 2

mr_nihilism · 03-17-2013, 01:23 PM

I`ve only been on the digital path for under a year so my accumulation is not so large. I`m guessing around 40 or so with no freebies.

DreamWriter · 03-17-2013, 01:48 PM

I have roughly 7,000 ebooks.

theducks · 03-17-2013, 02:42 PM

500-2000
The first thing I did when I got my PEz was import all the titles from the Baen CD's (over 50% were duplicates of my paper Library), PG accounted for another batch (favorites I read when I was young

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Since then, it is Baen that gets the majority of my EPUB purchases.

4691mls · 03-17-2013, 03:03 PM

Where's the box for under 100? I read a lot of library books, so my purchased collection is not very big.

pdurrant · 03-17-2013, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samhy

Edit: to those of you who have+2000 ebooks, do you expect to read them all?

I've just checked. I've bought around 2300 ebooks over the past ten years. I've read about 2,000 of them so far.

I certainly expect to read the rest of them.

samhy · 03-17-2013, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I've just checked. I've bought around 2300 ebooks over the past ten years. I've read about 2,000 of them so far.

I certainly expect to read the rest of them.

I'm impressed

Thanks for answering.

SeaKing · 03-17-2013, 05:03 PM

Counting free ones, about 1500 eBooks loaded and ready.
I have probably read completely about 600. Skimmed 500 of which half are technical and saving the rest for a long cruise or in case I need to to have a reference on something.

Some of the eBooks I had already in paper form at one time or other but gave away the paper books and got the eBooks to keep.

SeaKing · 03-17-2013, 05:05 PM

How come there are 72 votes, but only 21 replies?

Sydney's Mom · 03-17-2013, 06:38 PM

I'm closing in on 6000. I would say I bought about 1000, and the rest are freebies or library books. Since I only delete the book when I am done reading it, and not the Calibre record, it looks bad. If I ever find myself with too much time on my hands, I might go back through Calibre and delete the books I know I will never read.

Debra
The living proof of so many books, so little time.

BWinmill · 03-17-2013, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samhy

I worry about the durability of all of this. If ereaders are not make anymore, sure I will be able to read ebooks on my computer, but that won't be the same.

Good point. I'm hoping that screen and battery technology will improve before the e-ink based readers die out. (I'm okay with LCD based readers in the winter, but enjoy reading outdoors in the warmer seasons.)

dreams · 03-18-2013, 01:03 AM

I have about 5,000 + and about 1/3 of them were purchased and read. I have a few purchased ones that I haven't read yet, others are ones that I have read in paperback, and the last great bunch of freebies are ones that looked interesting or were ones by authors that I like or would like to try.

Joy736 · 03-18-2013, 02:15 AM

I have 508 purchased ebooks. And no freebies.

xg4bx · 03-18-2013, 06:24 AM

Probably about 2500. I don't do freebies anymore and I'm back to buying my books in hardcopies, except for ebook only novels, so my ebook acquisitions have slowed to a trickle the past several months.

jersysman · 03-18-2013, 11:13 AM

I am in the 25,000+ category. Of course most of those are the PG DVD that I downloaded a few months ago. I've also a few Baen CDs and about 2000 others.

QuantumIguana · 03-18-2013, 11:21 AM

I also counted the Gutenberg disk I downloaded. They sit there on my hard drive, taking up some space that would have otherwise gone unused. It just brings me comfort to know they are there if I wanted them. Aside from that, I'm somewhere over 1,000. When I first got my Kindle, I downloaded about every free book I saw, but I slowed down acquiring books, by backlog was getting too large.

View Poll Results: total eBooks owned free + purchase
100 to 500	34	20.86%
500 to 2,000	65	39.88%
2,000 to 5,000	33	20.25%
5,000 to 10,000	16	9.82%
10,000 to 25,000	10	6.13%
more than 25,000	5	3.07%
Voters: 163. You may not vote on this poll

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03-17-2013, 01:23 PM	#16
mr_nihilism Always been the caretaker Posts: 479 Karma: 1406369 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Canada Device: Aura H2O, PW2	I`ve only been on the digital path for under a year so my accumulation is not so large. I`m guessing around 40 or so with no freebies.

03-17-2013, 01:48 PM	#17
DreamWriter Books are brain food. Posts: 2,950 Karma: 4836916 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: U.S. Device: Paperwhite · Fire HD6/HD8/HD10 · Galaxy Tab A7	I have roughly 7,000 ebooks.

03-17-2013, 02:42 PM	#18
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,062 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	500-2000 The first thing I did when I got my PEz was import all the titles from the Baen CD's (over 50% were duplicates of my paper Library), PG accounted for another batch (favorites I read when I was young ), Since then, it is Baen that gets the majority of my EPUB purchases.

03-17-2013, 03:03 PM	#19
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	Where's the box for under 100? I read a lot of library books, so my purchased collection is not very big.

03-17-2013, 05:03 PM	#22
SeaKing Frequent Flier Posts: 1,282 Karma: 2058993297 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: KB kindle aboard, Galx Tab 7.0 Plus, trying out Droid 1 as mini-tab	Counting free ones, about 1500 eBooks loaded and ready. I have probably read completely about 600. Skimmed 500 of which half are technical and saving the rest for a long cruise or in case I need to to have a reference on something. Some of the eBooks I had already in paper form at one time or other but gave away the paper books and got the eBooks to keep.

03-17-2013, 05:05 PM	#23
SeaKing Frequent Flier Posts: 1,282 Karma: 2058993297 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: KB kindle aboard, Galx Tab 7.0 Plus, trying out Droid 1 as mini-tab	How come there are 72 votes, but only 21 replies?

03-17-2013, 06:38 PM	#24
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	I'm closing in on 6000. I would say I bought about 1000, and the rest are freebies or library books. Since I only delete the book when I am done reading it, and not the Calibre record, it looks bad. If I ever find myself with too much time on my hands, I might go back through Calibre and delete the books I know I will never read. Debra The living proof of so many books, so little time.

03-18-2013, 01:03 AM	#26
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	I have about 5,000 + and about 1/3 of them were purchased and read. I have a few purchased ones that I haven't read yet, others are ones that I have read in paperback, and the last great bunch of freebies are ones that looked interesting or were ones by authors that I like or would like to try.

03-18-2013, 02:15 AM	#27
Joy736 Addict Posts: 311 Karma: 1078442 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I have 508 purchased ebooks. And no freebies.

03-18-2013, 06:24 AM	#28
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	Probably about 2500. I don't do freebies anymore and I'm back to buying my books in hardcopies, except for ebook only novels, so my ebook acquisitions have slowed to a trickle the past several months.

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03-18-2013, 11:13 AM	#29
jersysman Wizard Posts: 1,747 Karma: 3761220 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Device: T1 Red, Kindle Fire, Kindle PW, PW2, Nook HD+, Kobo Mini, Aura HD	I am in the 25,000+ category. Of course most of those are the PG DVD that I downloaded a few months ago. I've also a few Baen CDs and about 2000 others.

03-18-2013, 11:21 AM	#30
QuantumIguana Philosopher Posts: 2,034 Karma: 18736532 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2 gen, Kindle Fire 1st Gen, Kindle Touch	I also counted the Gutenberg disk I downloaded. They sit there on my hard drive, taking up some space that would have otherwise gone unused. It just brings me comfort to know they are there if I wanted them. Aside from that, I'm somewhere over 1,000. When I first got my Kindle, I downloaded about every free book I saw, but I slowed down acquiring books, by backlog was getting too large.