Free and bargain romance ebooks + Discussion May 2014

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

I am thinking about creating libraries in calibre by either genre or alphabetically. Anyone have an opinion on this?

Yes I have genre libraries.

[KyBunnies]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Yes I have genre libraries.

What genre did you use? I need / want suggestions. I think it might be easier

[library addict]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

I am thinking about creating libraries in calibre by either genre or alphabetically. Anyone have an opinion on this?

Are you just overwhelmed by the number of books in your library? I would think going alphabetically that could cause issues if you have any multi-author series. Okay if they are alreay labeled, but you would need to keep a strict eye out when adding new books to get the series number correct. Also if you do not split your anthologies would the book go in multiple libraries? Also books with more than one author.

For me, tagging the genre is sufficient because I can always sort by tags. I also think having all the books in "one" place makes it easier to look for books to read. I do have another library I put the books that I don't plan to reread any time soon and that are not on my Sony. By default some of my unread books are there because I tried to keep all of an author's work in one library or the other.

One trick I have found to make it easier to tell at a glance which library I am in is that I have different custom columns as the first column in my Vault library (date archived) and the Warehouse library (where purchased). This way I am supposed to not accidentally add a book to the wrong one, though that's been known to still happen

[KyBunnies]

I only add 2-3 books at a time. I never keep more than 5 books on my kindle.

I was thinking about creating the following
Romance
Cookbooks
Mystery / Thriller / Adventure
General Fiction / Classics
General Non Fiction
Young Adult

[Froide]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

I only add 2-3 books at a time. I never keep more than 5 books on my kindle.

I was thinking about creating the following
Romance
Cookbooks
Mystery / Thriller / Adventure
General Fiction / Classics
General Non Fiction
Young Adult

Like library addict, I, too, maintain one main Calibre library, which I sort by tags when looking for something specific, like a particular author, genre, or publisher.

In answer to your question soliciting ideas for genres, KyBunnies, perhaps you might find it useful to look at this "Subjects" (i.e., genres) list, from Barnes&Noble, found in the left-hand column and halfway down the page.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

What genre did you use? I need / want suggestions. I think it might be easier

I have them sorted into these libraries.

Erotica
PNR/UF
Historical/contemp/suspense romance
M/M
SF/Zombies/YA
Kids books

Due to some authors writing in different genres, there are some books that are not in the "right" library. But I can find what I am looking for very quickly.

I also have a custom genre column, which I use to quickly group historical romance, or paranormal historical romance, within a library.

[Blossom]

OMG!!!! Karen Robards has released more of her backlist! That's four new backlist titles including Tiger's Eye!!!! If you haven't read that one the hero is the crime lord of London and it's awesome!

Green eyes is also on eBook I've waited forever to get my hands on this book. The other is Loving Julia and To Love a Man. All $2.99. I haven't checked Kobo to see if they got them.

http://www.amazon.com/Karen-Robards/...date-desc-rank

[sqdancer]

Originally Posted by Blossom

OMG!!!! Karen Robards has released more of her backlist! That's four new backlist titles including Tiger's Eye!!!! If you haven't read that one the hero is the crime lord of London and it's awesome!

Green eyes is also on eBook I've waited forever to get my hands on this book. The other is Loving Julia and To Love a Man. All $2.99. I haven't checked Kobo to see if they got them.

http://www.amazon.com/Karen-Robards/...date-desc-rank

Kobo does have them and they are couponable.

Oh, and that other vital bit of info - Download options: Adobe DRM EPUB

(NOTE: I am checking Kobo from Canada, YMMV)

[HarryT]

Amazon UK's Kindle Daily Deal today is a shed-load of "romantic suspense" novels (whatever they may be) by authors such as Trish McCallan, Kendra Elliot, and several others.

[HarryT]

Moderator Notice
This thread is for posting about deals. Please take discussions about using Calibre, or anything else, to the appropriate forum.

Thanks.

[rgeorg]

Originally Posted by booklover6

I have them sorted into these libraries.

Erotica
PNR/UF
Historical/contemp/suspense romance
M/M
SF/Zombies/YA
Kids books

Due to some authors writing in different genres, there are some books that are not in the "right" library. But I can find what I am looking for very quickly.

I also have a custom genre column, which I use to quickly group historical romance, or paranormal historical romance, within a library.

I have about 5000 books at this point, organized into 4 libraries. I used the MR forum posts to help me organize and it works just fine. I have the "Unsorted" library where new books are added until copy/deleted to the appropriate library. The "Find Duplicates" (between libraries) addin is invaluable to help avoid duplicate entries.

I use a 2-tier keyword of "Genre" and "Keyword" to sort books within type libraries. I also find the "Read" column helpful, using 'toRead" or "toBuy", for books that I haven't read (or bought, using the null Add Book feature), and r1-r5 for ratings when I have read them. I also have a "onDevice" column to keep track of which device(s) has the books. Also, the "Source" column keeps track of retailers and whether free or paid. There are other columns for Comments, Series, Awards, Pub_Type, etc

The libraries are:

Amazon: also marked as Free or Paid (I copy these into other libraries as well)
Para_SciFi_Fan (Paranormal, Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Romance (Contemporary and Historical)
General (Mainstream lit, Fiction + Non-fiction, Classics, Comics, Cookbooks, etc)


Using Calibre has made my whole reading experience so much better! When I feel like a certain type of book, I can load a Kindle up with 5-6 books and just read away

Plus, I avoid purchasing duplicates.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by HarryT

This thread is for posting about deals. Please take discussions about using Calibre, or anything else, to the appropriate forum.

Thanks.

This has been discussed before and approved by various moderators in the past that this is a deals and discussions thread. It's always been that way and Calibre discussions take place all the time. Are you saying that's now not the case for some reason?

[HarryT]

This is the "Deals, Freebies, and Resources" forum. Discussions on how to use Calibre belong in the Calibre forum.

Thanks.

[AnemicOak]

This thread has always, each month, contained more than deals discussion.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by HarryT

This is the "Deals, Freebies, and Resources" forum. Discussions on how to use Calibre belong in the Calibre forum.

Thanks.

Harry, we asked about it, and the title in the thread says it: Free books and discussions.