Genre

[Elsi]

I'm a novice with spreadsheets, but I did create one and then uploaded it to Google documents. I keep all kinds of trivial information about books:
* title
* author
* filename
* genre
* where it came from (download site)
* notes

I'm thinking about adding some columns such as dates (author birth/death, first publication/copyright, date I downloaded it, when I read it), copyright status (US for sure, maybe elsewhere), how much I paid for it, etc.

[Faenad]

I'm a novice with spreadsheets, but I did create one and then uploaded it to Google documents. I keep all kinds of trivial information about books:
* title
* author
* filename
* genre
* where it came from (download site)
* notes

I'm thinking about adding some columns such as dates (author birth/death, first publication/copyright, date I downloaded it, when I read it), copyright status (US for sure, maybe elsewhere), how much I paid for it, etc.

You should create an account at www.goodreads.com and import your sheet.
I use this site to keep track of the book I have read, and to find new ideas of interesting books to read (and remember about them ).
You can add multiple tag to each book in your collection, so you would also be able to keep track of the genre, format, website of purchase, etc.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by Faenad

You should create an account at www.goodreads.com and import your sheet.
I use this site to keep track of the book I have read, and to find new ideas of interesting books to read (and remember about them ).
You can add multiple tag to each book in your collection, so you would also be able to keep track of the genre, format, website of purchase, etc.

You're the third person I've seen in about a week recommending goodreads in various places! Do you use the groups feature there at all - and if so, do you find it useful?

[pcmedic]

I appreciate everyone's tips!

David S.

[Faenad]

You're the third person I've seen in about a week recommending goodreads in various places! Do you use the groups feature there at all - and if so, do you find it useful?

I use them, they are great. With so many people, you can easily finds some specifics groups of people that share the same reading interests than you
You should go take a look for yourself.

[6charlong]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

It has built in sorts by Title, Author, Date & Collections. Collections are something you create so you can call them whatever you want (kind of like a playlist). I have some by genre, like SciFi TBR, some by author & some by series, it just depends.

I do the same with Collections. I finally added a category called "Current Reading" where I put the books I'm, well, currently reading. I usually read more than one at a time, so it helps me switch quickly among them, even a book I haven't looked at for awhile.

I should mention that after you drag and drop a book from the Sony Library to your 505 or to the memory card in it, you can drag and drop book titles from the Books category to the category you want. Thus you can put a book in Science Fiction, Azimov, and Current Reading. The collections only keep a pointer to the book. And you can put collections on memory cards so if you ever need to switch memory cards, the collections go with the books on that card.