How Many Books Are On Your Kobo? - Page 3

winsomnia · 03-25-2011, 04:47 AM

Over the past three months I've had between 15 and 20 epubs on my Kobo. In the same time-frame I've bought about 30 epubs.

On my Kobo, I like to have a bunch of new books, and three or four favourites. The reasons I don't load more than twenty books at a time are (1) I am a slow reader (2) I prefer to read one book at a time (3) I don't like to flip through too many titles to find one i want to read.

Generally, I like to reread favourites, and recently I've found it difficult to start books I have never read before. Unfortunately, that means I have a backlog of books I've been meaning to get to but keep putting off.

siraks · 03-25-2011, 09:13 AM

so as i stated in the OP that i don't think i could read several books at once, well that's changed lol.
i have 3 books open that i've read about 20% and one at 34% (that one is getting more love) - i'm finding it easier to have more books read at once now with the kobo. at first i thought it would be tough to keep everything organized but it's really easy and if i don't feel like reading a certain book i can choose one of the others, it's great.

plaid · 03-26-2011, 02:37 PM

When I go to the books list, it shows I have 293 books on my Kobo2 - that includes the 100 books that came with it

misticaleclipse · 04-08-2011, 08:40 PM

I know the thread is a bit old, but i wanted to add my two cents. I have been using the kobo for about five months. Because of its lack or organizing functions I find myself storing the books on my pc with Calibre and only keeping about 20 on it at a time, then deleting as I go. I find it saves me the hassle of finding the next book, especially when reading a series of books.

sabredog · 04-09-2011, 08:27 AM

I have about 80 books of my own on my Kobo1. The freebie 100 are not shown in the list.

Certainly agree about the lack of organisational options. I recently have been using my Sony PRS-300 at work as it has been too hot for lunchtime walks. The ability of the Sony to sort on collections, authors and titles has been refreshing.

Lizzie998 · 05-19-2011, 11:09 PM

I keep close to my entire library on my Kobo. I have close to 600 books (not incl the 100 pre-loaded) and I have no problems with it being to slow. The initial start up can take a few minutes but that doesnt really worry me.
I also dont mind searching thru the library for what to read next, I sometimes fing things I've forgotten I have!

But I rename alot of my files using Calibre so for series I have the titles as (for eg) Tony Hill 6- The Fever of the Bone so all the series are together and relatively easy to find using the 'by Author' search.

omgfire · 05-20-2011, 12:33 AM

894 books, including the preloaded 100.

MorganM · 05-20-2011, 05:22 AM

Wow some people have lots of books! lol I have a piddly 40.

H3g3m0n · 05-20-2011, 09:16 PM

I win (so far), currently at 1747. Using 929MB of 1110MB internal memory.

Although 100 are the free included ones and theres also the Kobo user guide so really it's really 1646. Basically if I think I might read a specific book sometime, eventually, I will just load everything by that author on. So I have things like every Asimov, Philip K Dick, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, etc...

I was considering putting the entire sffebooks torrent onto an sd card (it's probably well over 20k books by now), but it would take way to long to convert and process them all.

Takes quite a while for the Kobo to 'process' the ones I have already. Also would like some way to search the collection on the Kobo.

I only got this thing 2 days ago as well, so far I have probably spent more time loading stuff on than reading but I have gotten the process down fairly well now and because their all in a Calibre library I can factory reset the device and just reupload.

I did have a few problems with that many books, I found one particular epub that caused the 'processing' screen to crash and reboot the Kobo, and there where also a few books that seemed to refuse to show up but they seem to be fine now.

CazMar · 05-20-2011, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H3g3m0n

I win (so far), currently at 1747. Using 929MB of 1110MB internal memory.

Although 100 are the free included ones and theres also the Kobo user guide so really it's really 1646. Basically if I think I might read a specific book sometime, eventually, I will just load everything by that author on. So I have things like every Asimov, Philip K Dick, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, etc...

I was considering putting the entire sffebooks torrent onto an sd card (it's probably well over 20k books by now), but it would take way to long to convert and process them all.

Takes quite a while for the Kobo to 'process' the ones I have already. Also would like some way to search the collection on the Kobo.

I only got this thing 2 days ago as well, so far I have probably spent more time loading stuff on than reading but I have gotten the process down fairly well now and because their all in a Calibre library I can factory reset the device and just reupload.

I did have a few problems with that many books, I found one particular epub that caused the 'processing' screen to crash and reboot the Kobo, and there where also a few books that seemed to refuse to show up but they seem to be fine now.

And I thought my 247 books was a "bit excessive". Yes, some of the ebooks are faulty or something and do crash the Kobo - get rid of them as it can cause problems with the SD card.

mikegetz · 05-22-2011, 09:01 AM

have currently about 300 total - the original 100 in system memory, and about 200 sideloaded to a 4gb SD card.

The Terminator · 05-22-2011, 12:27 PM

All I have on my Kobo are whats left of the pre-loads ( I've deleted most of them with the new delete book option.) Plus about fifty side-loaded onto an SD card.

05-19-2011, 11:09 PM	#36
Lizzie998 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kobo	I keep close to my entire library on my Kobo. I have close to 600 books (not incl the 100 pre-loaded) and I have no problems with it being to slow. The initial start up can take a few minutes but that doesnt really worry me. I also dont mind searching thru the library for what to read next, I sometimes fing things I've forgotten I have! But I rename alot of my files using Calibre so for series I have the titles as (for eg) Tony Hill 6- The Fever of the Bone so all the series are together and relatively easy to find using the 'by Author' search. Last edited by Lizzie998; 05-19-2011 at 11:15 PM.

05-20-2011, 09:16 PM	#39
H3g3m0n Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kobo (wifi)	I win (so far), currently at 1747. Using 929MB of 1110MB internal memory. Although 100 are the free included ones and theres also the Kobo user guide so really it's really 1646. Basically if I think I might read a specific book sometime, eventually, I will just load everything by that author on. So I have things like every Asimov, Philip K Dick, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, etc... I was considering putting the entire sffebooks torrent onto an sd card (it's probably well over 20k books by now), but it would take way to long to convert and process them all. Takes quite a while for the Kobo to 'process' the ones I have already. Also would like some way to search the collection on the Kobo. I only got this thing 2 days ago as well, so far I have probably spent more time loading stuff on than reading but I have gotten the process down fairly well now and because their all in a Calibre library I can factory reset the device and just reupload. I did have a few problems with that many books, I found one particular epub that caused the 'processing' screen to crash and reboot the Kobo, and there where also a few books that seemed to refuse to show up but they seem to be fine now. Last edited by H3g3m0n; 05-20-2011 at 09:22 PM.

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03-25-2011, 04:47 AM	#31
winsomnia Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 190082 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: BC, Canada Device: kobo Touch, kobo Aura	Over the past three months I've had between 15 and 20 epubs on my Kobo. In the same time-frame I've bought about 30 epubs. On my Kobo, I like to have a bunch of new books, and three or four favourites. The reasons I don't load more than twenty books at a time are (1) I am a slow reader (2) I prefer to read one book at a time (3) I don't like to flip through too many titles to find one i want to read. Generally, I like to reread favourites, and recently I've found it difficult to start books I have never read before. Unfortunately, that means I have a backlog of books I've been meaning to get to but keep putting off.

03-25-2011, 09:13 AM	#32
siraks use the force Posts: 575 Karma: 564666 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ontario Device: Kobo Touch, Lenovo K1	so as i stated in the OP that i don't think i could read several books at once, well that's changed lol. i have 3 books open that i've read about 20% and one at 34% (that one is getting more love) - i'm finding it easier to have more books read at once now with the kobo. at first i thought it would be tough to keep everything organized but it's really easy and if i don't feel like reading a certain book i can choose one of the others, it's great.

03-26-2011, 02:37 PM	#33
plaid Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 5434 Join Date: Sep 2004 Device: Kobo eReader	When I go to the books list, it shows I have 293 books on my Kobo2 - that includes the 100 books that came with it

04-08-2011, 08:40 PM	#34
misticaleclipse Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kobo	I know the thread is a bit old, but i wanted to add my two cents. I have been using the kobo for about five months. Because of its lack or organizing functions I find myself storing the books on my pc with Calibre and only keeping about 20 on it at a time, then deleting as I go. I find it saves me the hassle of finding the next book, especially when reading a series of books.

04-09-2011, 08:27 AM	#35
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,629 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	I have about 80 books of my own on my Kobo1. The freebie 100 are not shown in the list. Certainly agree about the lack of organisational options. I recently have been using my Sony PRS-300 at work as it has been too hot for lunchtime walks. The ability of the Sony to sort on collections, authors and titles has been refreshing.

05-20-2011, 12:33 AM	#37
omgfire Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Wifi, Ipod Touch 4th Gen	894 books, including the preloaded 100.

05-20-2011, 05:22 AM	#38
MorganM Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 1089963 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra H2o	Wow some people have lots of books! lol I have a piddly 40.

05-22-2011, 09:01 AM	#41
mikegetz Professional Nerd Posts: 84 Karma: 280 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Middletown, OH Device: Nook WiFI, KOBO, Pandigital Novel Personal	have currently about 300 total - the original 100 in system memory, and about 200 sideloaded to a 4gb SD card.

05-22-2011, 12:27 PM	#42
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	All I have on my Kobo are whats left of the pre-loads ( I've deleted most of them with the new delete book option.) Plus about fifty side-loaded onto an SD card.

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