How many e-books have you read so far? - Page 6

kazbates · 08-17-2009, 08:50 AM

I use CollectorZ, but you have to buy the software and it's not really set up for ebooks. I've sent the company a number of emails over the last couple of years to see when they were going to start including ebooks and they just aren't ready to do it yet. I think they were under the impression that ebooks are just a fad.

It's a nice piece of software though, and it searches a database for all the metadata based on the title and author or the ISBN. I still use it to catalog ebooks, I've just tweeked it a little to suit me.

I have a strange feeling that the company wished I'd never purchased the software, though.

After their last software update (a fairly significant one), I must have sent them a dozen emails with questions and concerns.

After my final email, they suggested I might want to go back to an earlier version and they would refund me the upgrade fee.

I can't help it if I'm a perfectionist!

Lemurion · 08-17-2009, 10:27 AM

Hundreds - possibly over a thousand. I really don't know and I've been reading eBooks for years.

alecE · 08-17-2009, 04:38 PM

Since January, 83 ebooks and perhaps 10 pbooks. The ebooks are a mix of the freebies which came with my 505, purchased items and freebies from Gutenberg & Feedbooks. Would probably manage to read more if I wasn't playing around with converting gutenberg texts to epubs via VB.net and calibre. Sigil of course will be the next port of call. If I find the time, might manage an analysis of fiction vs non-fiction, by sources.

AnemicOak · 08-17-2009, 05:07 PM

Since I got my 505 in October of '07 I've read 1125 books. Of those seven were pbooks, the rest were ebooks. 229 were shorter Novella's and Short Stories and 427 were re-reads of books I've read in the past.

I'd read a few ebooks before getting my 505 over the years, but have no idea how many. Maybe 100.

am_mread · 08-17-2009, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ficbot

Just wondering, for those who keep track, how many e-books you have read.

So, for those keeping track, how many e-books have you read so far?

I'll have to go by memory, 'cause I haven't really kept track until recently using GoodReads. I'm guessing it's at least 300...

dmaul1114 · 08-18-2009, 01:41 PM

10 or so since getting a used Kindle in April. Readings not my top hobby, so I generally just read 30 minutes to an hour before sleeping a few nights a week, on planes, in waiting rooms etc.

NormHart · 08-18-2009, 03:42 PM

About 350 ebooks of which about half were read in HTML on my PC prior to my acquisition of a Kindle2.

I currently have 102 "to be reads" on my Kindle and about 50 "to be reads" on the PC awaiting transfer to the Kindle.

I purchase about 15 ebooks from Baen and pickup 2-5 freebies here monthly.

(I really don't have a life.

)

RJ_Cruze_Jr · 08-18-2009, 08:19 PM

76 and climbing

Before I got my 505, I read about a dozen on the PC -- and that was over the course of three years. Since I got the 505, I read the other 60 or so on it in less than a year and a half. In fact, I think I've only read a dozen or so paper books in the same time frame.

What can I say? I like my 505

yekim54 · 08-19-2009, 08:53 AM

57...

geneven · 08-21-2009, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alecE

Would probably manage to read more if I wasn't playing around with converting gutenberg texts to epubs via VB.net and calibre. Sigil of course will be the next port of call. If I find the time, might manage an analysis of fiction vs non-fiction, by sources.

You're in luck, since Gutenberg is now making books available in epub and mobi formats just like the other formats they support, so you shouldn't have to convert much?

Xanthe · 03-03-2010, 12:32 PM

About five, but then I only got the Libre a few weeks ago.

Bremen Cole · 03-04-2010, 07:19 AM

Many, I have no idea how many, but many..... Been reading ebooks exclusively for 10 years.....

Sydney's Mom · 03-04-2010, 09:42 PM

120 checked off on Calibre. But I know I didn't keep track last year, so I should find another 200 or so out of my 1046 library that were already read. But I bought 4 books this week, so I am not making much progress. I have this problem with yarn, too.

MAT160 · 03-16-2010, 03:54 PM

Since December 24, 2009
I've read "100" E-Books (I currently hvae 181 books on it)
I really love PRS-600 and I take it with almost everywhere!

kdf9511 · 03-16-2010, 08:19 PM

Well I have been reading ebooks for over 15 years on multiple devices. My current library has aprox 5000 books many are dups in diffrent formats though so probably only 3000 seprate titles. I would have to say I have probably read about 70% of those books. Alot of them multiple times.

Since I have gotten my Astek Pocket Pro a few weeks ago I have already been through about 35 books. And since the current series I am reading are fairly short books I have been going through a book a night so I figure I should have these 80 knocked out in about 2 more months.

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08-17-2009, 08:50 AM	#76
kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	I use CollectorZ, but you have to buy the software and it's not really set up for ebooks. I've sent the company a number of emails over the last couple of years to see when they were going to start including ebooks and they just aren't ready to do it yet. I think they were under the impression that ebooks are just a fad. It's a nice piece of software though, and it searches a database for all the metadata based on the title and author or the ISBN. I still use it to catalog ebooks, I've just tweeked it a little to suit me. I have a strange feeling that the company wished I'd never purchased the software, though. After their last software update (a fairly significant one), I must have sent them a dozen emails with questions and concerns. After my final email, they suggested I might want to go back to an earlier version and they would refund me the upgrade fee. I can't help it if I'm a perfectionist!

08-17-2009, 10:27 AM	#77
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	Hundreds - possibly over a thousand. I really don't know and I've been reading eBooks for years.

08-17-2009, 04:38 PM	#78
alecE Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 546196 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK canal boat Device: sony prs505, prs650, kobo Glo HD liseuses	Since January, 83 ebooks and perhaps 10 pbooks. The ebooks are a mix of the freebies which came with my 505, purchased items and freebies from Gutenberg & Feedbooks. Would probably manage to read more if I wasn't playing around with converting gutenberg texts to epubs via VB.net and calibre. Sigil of course will be the next port of call. If I find the time, might manage an analysis of fiction vs non-fiction, by sources.

08-17-2009, 05:07 PM	#79
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Since I got my 505 in October of '07 I've read 1125 books. Of those seven were pbooks, the rest were ebooks. 229 were shorter Novella's and Short Stories and 427 were re-reads of books I've read in the past. I'd read a few ebooks before getting my 505 over the years, but have no idea how many. Maybe 100.

08-18-2009, 01:41 PM	#81
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	10 or so since getting a used Kindle in April. Readings not my top hobby, so I generally just read 30 minutes to an hour before sleeping a few nights a week, on planes, in waiting rooms etc.

08-18-2009, 03:42 PM	#82
NormHart Semper Carpe Bufo Posts: 537 Karma: 21676 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Napa Valley, California Device: Kindle2 & Kindle3	About 350 ebooks of which about half were read in HTML on my PC prior to my acquisition of a Kindle2. I currently have 102 "to be reads" on my Kindle and about 50 "to be reads" on the PC awaiting transfer to the Kindle. I purchase about 15 ebooks from Baen and pickup 2-5 freebies here monthly. (I really don't have a life. )

08-18-2009, 08:19 PM	#83
RJ_Cruze_Jr Member Posts: 24 Karma: 58 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	76 and climbing Before I got my 505, I read about a dozen on the PC -- and that was over the course of three years. Since I got the 505, I read the other 60 or so on it in less than a year and a half. In fact, I think I've only read a dozen or so paper books in the same time frame. What can I say? I like my 505

08-19-2009, 08:53 AM	#84
yekim54 What the Dog Saw Posts: 311 Karma: 981684 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dunn Loring Device: Sony PRS-650, Surface3	57...

03-03-2010, 12:32 PM	#86
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	About five, but then I only got the Libre a few weeks ago.

03-04-2010, 07:19 AM	#87
Bremen Cole Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 2718 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Device: iPad	Many, I have no idea how many, but many..... Been reading ebooks exclusively for 10 years.....

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03-04-2010, 09:42 PM	#88
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	120 checked off on Calibre. But I know I didn't keep track last year, so I should find another 200 or so out of my 1046 library that were already read. But I bought 4 books this week, so I am not making much progress. I have this problem with yarn, too.

03-16-2010, 03:54 PM	#89
MAT160 Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 934 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Jersey Device: PRS-600	Since December 24, 2009 I've read "100" E-Books (I currently hvae 181 books on it) I really love PRS-600 and I take it with almost everywhere!

03-16-2010, 08:19 PM	#90
kdf9511 Madman With A Box Posts: 115 Karma: 324 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Western Oklahoma Device: Kobo Clara HD, Nook Glowlight, Nook Color, Kindle 4, Astak Pocket Pro	Well I have been reading ebooks for over 15 years on multiple devices. My current library has aprox 5000 books many are dups in diffrent formats though so probably only 3000 seprate titles. I would have to say I have probably read about 70% of those books. Alot of them multiple times. Since I have gotten my Astek Pocket Pro a few weeks ago I have already been through about 35 books. And since the current series I am reading are fairly short books I have been going through a book a night so I figure I should have these 80 knocked out in about 2 more months.