Do you keep all your books on your device? - Page 5

calibrated · 01-12-2012, 05:17 PM

I used to keep all my books on my first couple of Kindles, but on my Fire I keep most of the Kindle books on Amazon's servers and download as needed. I also keep about 15-20 epub books in the Aldiko app, and keep my other epubs in Dropbox where I can get to them easily should the need arise.

CazMar · 01-12-2012, 05:29 PM

I kept a lot on my Kobo but with my new IRiver HD I still haven't managed to completely choke it up with books yet! There is a slight slowing of both these devices when they are full of books so this time I am going to limit my selection to no more than 200 books or magazines at a time. Even for a bookaholic like me that should be enough. Also I now have access to ebooks from our library so only keep these for 2 weeks.

VeggieCat · 01-12-2012, 07:41 PM

My PRS-300 has about 20 books on it while my PRS-505 has a whopping 7. I don't like having too many books on my readers because I get too overwhelmed while deciding what to read next if I have hundreds of books at my fingertips.

Kumabjorn · 01-13-2012, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DuskyRose

I also once had to get rid of my library, for space/weight limits on a military move, and spent three years in Japan with a very sad base library, a book store with very limited selection, and me beating my head on the wall for three years

Yokota?

ProfCrash · 01-13-2012, 12:13 PM

I keep pretty much everything on my DX and my K3. Collections make it easy enough to sort what I have so that I can find what I want. I only have 400 books so it is not as crowded as some of your devices.

Enraptured · 01-13-2012, 12:40 PM

I delete the ones I didn't like. Other than that, I keep all of them on my reader.

tea2 · 01-13-2012, 12:51 PM

I have around 200 books on each of my devices, but will put some of them on sd or remove them if either my Kobo or Kindle start to slow down.

HistoryWes · 01-13-2012, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Yes - my device of choice being my PC's hard disk. I have far too many to keep on my reading device. 25 or so years of collecting eBooks tends to have that result!

I should have read it that way. My (reading) device is incapable of holding my entire library. So I guess my device of choice is my external backup hard drive.

benham · 01-13-2012, 02:56 PM

The easiest way for me to keep track of what I read is to have it on the ereader and then delete it when it is read. Good poll!

Dopedangel · 01-13-2012, 06:51 PM

I keep all my ebooks in my nook touch I don't know what I will be reading next or when my current book will finish so keep my whole Library but I just have 600 book library out of which I have already read around 450

ATDrake · 01-13-2012, 07:22 PM

I wouldn't have room to fit all the 2000+ publisher-promo official freebies from Amazon alone on the 1.4 available GB that came with my Kindle 2. Nor would I particularly want to carry around copies of most of those titles anyway, which I have no intention of reading but get purely to satisfy the hoarding-acquisition urges.

But I am trying to at least put on the Kindle a significant portion of the unread books I've actually paid for, if only so that I get around to reading them someday.

Even assuming my cheapskate self paid as little as $2 per book on average, I still estimate I only have a low-to-mid few hundred which should easily fit, as long as I use the tightest compression settings when converting from ePub to Mobi.

brontus · 01-13-2012, 10:10 PM

I keep the next handful of books I'm going to read, plus a few reference materials on my PRS-500. Generally once it's read it goes off the reader. A large percentage of what I read comes from the library, so keeping isn't really an option anyway. But what I buy does get saved in Calibre.

Quexos · 01-14-2012, 01:43 AM

I pretty much delete after reading. I may keep a few ones that I may read again in the future. Classics or books that made a serious impression on me.

ClairePMR · 01-14-2012, 09:07 AM

My digital collection is pretty manageable - a little over 1000 books - but I manage my library with Calibre (of course!), keeping only unread items on my devices (Nook 1st ed and Pandigital SuperNova Tablet). I'd say there are about 650 mirrored on both devices now. On the Nook, I keep all the "books" in the main storage and use an SD card for audio files. On the tablet, I've been putting everything on an SD card. The Calibre content server, in combination with Aldiko, has been a godsend! Can I just say... I love Kovid Goyal! <3

Aladyleyna · 01-14-2012, 10:51 AM

For ebooks, yes. I store them in my reader, because I like to have my selection of ebooks with me for who knows what reason. Or maybe it's because I'm too lazy to sinc everytime I want to replace a book.

But for my entire library, no. I'm one of those people who am still extremely proud of my pbook library. I refuse to throw any of them away even with the whole e-readers craze.

View Poll Results: Do you keep your library on your device?
Yes, as much as possible. I get twitchy if I don't have all my books at all times.	88	31.77%
Yes, but only because my device/store is sync'd up.	9	3.25%
No, I mostly keep unread books on the device. I delete as I read.	91	32.85%
No, I only keep a selection of books. Too much clutter is bad.	94	33.94%
Maybe? I don't understand this poll.	0	0%
Your choices are very long and may not adequately represent my opinion. Like this one for example: I am a bunny.	10	3.61%
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01-12-2012, 05:17 PM	#61
calibrated Zealot Posts: 132 Karma: 179412 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3, Kindle Fire w/Aldiko	I used to keep all my books on my first couple of Kindles, but on my Fire I keep most of the Kindle books on Amazon's servers and download as needed. I also keep about 15-20 epub books in the Aldiko app, and keep my other epubs in Dropbox where I can get to them easily should the need arise.

01-12-2012, 05:29 PM	#62
CazMar Book Geek Posts: 596 Karma: 1499085 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Adelaide, Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Asus MemPad 7" tablet, Nexus 5, Asus 10" tablet	I kept a lot on my Kobo but with my new IRiver HD I still haven't managed to completely choke it up with books yet! There is a slight slowing of both these devices when they are full of books so this time I am going to limit my selection to no more than 200 books or magazines at a time. Even for a bookaholic like me that should be enough. Also I now have access to ebooks from our library so only keep these for 2 weeks.

01-12-2012, 07:41 PM	#63
VeggieCat Bacon Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 559834 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Southwest USA Device: Kindle Fire 10, Kindle Voyage, iPod Nano 7th gen (for audiobooks)	My PRS-300 has about 20 books on it while my PRS-505 has a whopping 7. I don't like having too many books on my readers because I get too overwhelmed while deciding what to read next if I have hundreds of books at my fingertips.

01-13-2012, 12:13 PM	#65
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I keep pretty much everything on my DX and my K3. Collections make it easy enough to sort what I have so that I can find what I want. I only have 400 books so it is not as crowded as some of your devices.

01-13-2012, 12:40 PM	#66
Enraptured Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 262 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Nook Touch	I delete the ones I didn't like. Other than that, I keep all of them on my reader.

01-13-2012, 12:51 PM	#67
tea2 Zealot Posts: 102 Karma: 864936 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 2, iPad Mini 4, Aura One, Kobo Clara 2e	I have around 200 books on each of my devices, but will put some of them on sd or remove them if either my Kobo or Kindle start to slow down.

01-13-2012, 02:56 PM	#69
benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	The easiest way for me to keep track of what I read is to have it on the ereader and then delete it when it is read. Good poll!

01-13-2012, 06:51 PM	#70
Dopedangel Wizard Posts: 1,792 Karma: 30548723 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Singapore Device: Boyue	I keep all my ebooks in my nook touch I don't know what I will be reading next or when my current book will finish so keep my whole Library but I just have 600 book library out of which I have already read around 450

01-13-2012, 07:22 PM	#71
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	I wouldn't have room to fit all the 2000+ publisher-promo official freebies from Amazon alone on the 1.4 available GB that came with my Kindle 2. Nor would I particularly want to carry around copies of most of those titles anyway, which I have no intention of reading but get purely to satisfy the hoarding-acquisition urges. But I am trying to at least put on the Kindle a significant portion of the unread books I've actually paid for, if only so that I get around to reading them someday. Even assuming my cheapskate self paid as little as $2 per book on average, I still estimate I only have a low-to-mid few hundred which should easily fit, as long as I use the tightest compression settings when converting from ePub to Mobi.

01-13-2012, 10:10 PM	#72
brontus Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 34216 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fort Collins, CO Device: Sony Reader PRS-500, Kindle Fire, Aldiko on LG Optimus Elite	I keep the next handful of books I'm going to read, plus a few reference materials on my PRS-500. Generally once it's read it goes off the reader. A large percentage of what I read comes from the library, so keeping isn't really an option anyway. But what I buy does get saved in Calibre.

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01-14-2012, 01:43 AM	#73
Quexos Member Retired Posts: 1,999 Karma: 11348924 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Limbo Device: none	I pretty much delete after reading. I may keep a few ones that I may read again in the future. Classics or books that made a serious impression on me.

01-14-2012, 09:07 AM	#74
ClairePMR Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 1030058 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New England Device: PocketBook Color, Kindle, EB1150, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, Surface Pro 2017	My digital collection is pretty manageable - a little over 1000 books - but I manage my library with Calibre (of course!), keeping only unread items on my devices (Nook 1st ed and Pandigital SuperNova Tablet). I'd say there are about 650 mirrored on both devices now. On the Nook, I keep all the "books" in the main storage and use an SD card for audio files. On the tablet, I've been putting everything on an SD card. The Calibre content server, in combination with Aldiko, has been a godsend! Can I just say... I love Kovid Goyal! <3

01-14-2012, 10:51 AM	#75
Aladyleyna Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 24624 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Singapore Device: iPad 1	For ebooks, yes. I store them in my reader, because I like to have my selection of ebooks with me for who knows what reason. Or maybe it's because I'm too lazy to sinc everytime I want to replace a book. But for my entire library, no. I'm one of those people who am still extremely proud of my pbook library. I refuse to throw any of them away even with the whole e-readers craze.