Do you load all of your books at once or only the ones you are reading

[shanghaichica]

I haven't loaded them all yet, but I have many more than the one I'm currently reading. I like to have a good variety of books on there (few hundred) but I still like to be selective at the same time.

[jhempel24]

I load up a couple at a time, if I think I'm going to finish one quickly then I'll load another one on at the same time. If it's a short story, I usually will delete it after I'm done, but keep a backup on my PC. I think I've got about 38 books on my Nook, I haven't deleted anything on it yet so it includes about 10 novellas or short stories as well. The only one I haven't read on there is "Face of Betrayal" by Lis Wiehl, but I'm currently reading it, and will be done in the next couple hours.

[Ken Maltby]

I believe in being prepared in case of shipwreck on a desert island, or getting lost in the
Veteran's Affairs (VA) bureaucracy, to that end I have 7000+ ebooks on 2GB SD cards that work in all my devices.

Luck;
Ken

[pdurrant]

I currently only have my TBR list (ca. 400 books) on my Kindle, but I would like to have all my books on it (ca. 2000).

I haven't explored collections on the Kindle yet. It sounds like I should, as the main reason I only have by TBR list on there at the moment is to avoid re-reading.

An interesting thread.

IMO if the software on the portable device is good enough (to easily track read/unread and organise collections) everyone would want to keep all their ebooks to hand. It's only ever been hardware or software limitations that have prevented me from doing so.

[Boreads]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

I believe in being prepared in case of shipwreck on a desert island, or getting lost in the
Veteran's Affairs (VA) bureaucracy, to that end I have 7000+ ebooks on 2GB SD cards that work in all my devices.

Luck;
Ken

I'm with you all the way Ken, I just need to work out a power source that will sustain me long enough to enjoy them all. At least with paper books we have alternative uses for them, I can't see my SD cards keeping the fire burning for a useful length of time.

Bo

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by Boreads

I'm with you all the way Ken, I just need to work out a power source that will sustain me long enough to enjoy them all. At least with paper books we have alternative uses for them, I can't see my SD cards keeping the fire burning for a useful length of time.

Bo

While Photovoltaic panel (Solar Panels) are still impractical for supplying
the energy needs of a home/apartment, where you need ten kilowatts or
so, you only need milliwatts for PDAs and eReaders.

http://www.solarpaneltools.co.cc/sal...isc-B001QKWTCK

And you can get ones with their own battery so that you can have it
ready to recharge your device at a faster rate. OR if you had an
Ectaco Jetbook Lite (JBL) that can use rechargeable AA batteries, you
could use something like this:

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...classNum=10545

Luck;
Ken

[ficbot]

I keep all unread books on the Kindle. When I read, I delete. Eventually I hope to get my to-read pile down to a more manageable level and then I might start adding book completed books I may enjoy re-reading.

I sort them into collections by source (forum, library, smashwords etc.) unless I have more than a handful by a given author in which case those get their own collection.

[SeaBookGuy]

As my inventory slowly builds, I'm strongly considering a new collection called "on deck" (from the baseball term for the next batter after the one currently at bat), a dozen or so carefully mixed by genre. I can't see myself going through more than 10 screens of thumbnails each time I need a new book.

[DuncanWatson]

Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

As my inventory slowly builds, I'm strongly considering a new collection called "on deck" (from the baseball term for the next batter after the one currently at bat), a dozen or so carefully mixed by genre. I can't see myself going through more than 10 screens of thumbnails each time I need a new book.

On my NOOKColor I keep a shelf called "To Be Read" for the same purpose. I remove books after I read them and put them on another shelf that indicates the month/year I read the book.

[pagansoul]

I have my entire collection on my MacPro. I have an extra copy on CD or DVD filed away in my book box. I have most of my Amazon books on my K3 - the ones I've read - the free books I found not to my taste. My K3 has over 10 pages. My ipad has most of my non-Amazon books on it. In iBooks I have my EPUB (well in the hundreds) that I delete as I read. In Goodreader I have my PDF (currently about 100 items) also get deleted as I read except for things like work material and collection listings. In ARCreader I have some comics but I only load a few collections at a time (right now there are 77 issues). Backup time gets too long if I have too many comics and magazines on my iPad. I only have current months magazines which are about 8 subscriptions in Zinio or in their own private reader. I have about 100 books in Dropbox that I will have to sort through one day. I also have a few stand alone books like On the Grill (cookbook) and Elements.

[voracious71]

Once I finish a book, I take it off the device and archive it. I do have the ones I've had yet to read on there though. I'm also one of those weirdos who sometimes reads more than one book at a time.

For example..right now I'm reading the second book in the Hunger Games series, and Lonesome Dove.

[minspargal]

I also rent from the library and delete as i finish up a book, but have several TBR books on my Pocket Sony.

[Kai Winters]

I have 12 or so on my Sony PRS-300 at any given time. I tried 50 or so titles when I first bought the device but found it cumbersome to go through page after page of title.
I keep unread books and a handful of favorites that I will or plan to reread in the near future.

[Lo Zeno]

Every time I purchase or download a new eBook, I load it in my reader then edit my "reading list" to add that title to the bottom of the list. Once I have read a book, I do not delete i usually: having a 2GB SD plus 500 MB of internal memory, I don't need to free up space yet. Beside, sometimes it happens that I want to re-check a book I have already read, for example when reading the sixth book of a series I may want to go back to the first book to check something, so it's nice to have them still in my reader.

[mjhudston]

I don't have everyone, because they won't fit. I do however have a selection. If I had one what would I do if I finishednit, halfway through the day or week, when I'm away from home. Many hours or days before I coud load the next one on.