How large is your Calibre library? - Page 2

Sirtel · 11-02-2018, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

For the latter I prefer ink on paper, then its my property to share with whom I ever I please. I give most books away once I've read them, mostly via nearby street libraries. The only thing I hoard are memories

BR

It's vice versa for me. I prefer to live in the present and not to dwell on the past or the future. It's not that I have many painful or traumatic memories (less than average amount of those, actually); it's just the way I am. I'm an awful hoarder of things I like, OTOH. Books (mostly ebooks for the last 7 years), favorite magazines, Kindles. What I'm totally unable to hoard is money.

My Calibre library consists of roughly 15 000 ebooks. They're "normal books". I don't do short stories or novellas, and my fanfic days were 20 years ago or so. Lost the urge.

All my ebooks are manually edited (metadata, covers, formatting) and converted to azw3. Managing my Calibre library is practically a second full-time job for me.

Well, I enjoy fiddling with it, otherwise I wouldn't have spent countless hours on the activity.

DNSB · 11-02-2018, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Tenzin_la

Hi, I'm Tenzin and I have a book problem.

Another candidate for the Ebook Buying Addicts' Support Thread in the General Discussions area.

My name is David and I am a bookaholic...

Thasaidon · 11-03-2018, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

All my ebooks are manually edited (metadata, covers, formatting) and converted to azw3. Managing my Calibre library is practically a second full-time job for me.

Well, I enjoy fiddling with it, otherwise I wouldn't have spent countless hours on the activity.

I am retired but I enjoy fiddling as well so Managing my Calibre library is practically a full-time job for me. I have about 25000 books and short stories in my library and have decided not to let it get any bigger as I will not live long enough to read all my unread books.

I read on average more than two books per week on average. Any more and my wife starts getting narky.

haertig · 11-03-2018, 08:20 PM

Boy, I have nothing compared to the rest of you: 1127 novels and 38 reference books (textbooks, travel guides, etc.) thus far. Still, this is more books than I could ever hope to read before I die. I'm pretty much stuck at one-novel-per-month reading speed on average. But some of the books I have collected I know I'll never read. e.g., Moby Dick that I got off of Gutenberg (I think). Looks good in the collection, like I'm an intellectual or something, but after sampling the first few sentences I know it's too tedious for me. And I thought I used too many commas! Wow, on average there have to be about 25 per sentence in that book. Give me James Rollins or Matthew Reilly or Jeremy Robinson instead!

ilovejedd · 11-03-2018, 08:54 PM

I've actually read maybe 80-90% of my collection. I've been collecting these since 2007/8 and can read through a bunch of them really quickly (most are less than 10K words).

The other 10-20% are absolute drek but it's easier to keep them in Calibre already marked as drek than re-download them again only to read them again and find out that they're drek.

ownedbycats · 11-03-2018, 09:39 PM

Total, I have just over 1800 books, although the amount of actual ebooks is about 950. The rest is a combination of fanfics, various software and game manuals, and a catalog of my physical books.

I read quite a bit. Before health issues came up I was able to read three books a day. Not quite as fast anymore, though.

Weird Harold · 11-07-2018, 07:58 PM

Haven't taken a book count lately but my Libraries directory is 43.9 gb, all "just books".

update... Just checked 44,519 !!!

Tarana · 11-07-2018, 10:04 PM

Roughly 3,500 which includes magazines like Lightspeed and Asimovs. It's a combined library of several family members. I have a separate library for freebies and currently that's just over 1,000 after some purging.

haertig · 11-08-2018, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Thasaidon

I read on average more than two books per week on average.

The Department of Redundancy Department couldn't have said it any better!

But wow, you read really fast. I'm jealous.

Thasaidon · 11-09-2018, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by haertig

The Department of Redundancy Department couldn't have said it any better!

There's a nasty echo where I am.

...I am ....1 am.

My reading speed has slowed dpwn with age as my eyes have deteriorated. When I was 16yo I would often start reading about 7pm and usually have finished two books by midnight to 1am. Nowadays I have lots of time to spend reading if I wish as I am retired. I find eReaders very easy on the eyes.

Tarana · 11-09-2018, 02:30 PM

I work on fixing stuff in Calibre twice a week when making phone calls. I'm on hold a lot, so it was something more productive than making doodles. Plus, I don't waste valuable reading time fixing.

ownedbycats · 11-10-2018, 04:17 PM

After a few days of adding a bunch of my physical books, I just hit the 2000 mark. The amount of paper books I have is a little ridiculous. They're overflowing the shelves and basically all over the place in my small apartment. I've been trying to switch to eBooks but between the cost (why do so many cost more than the regular paper book? There's no cost of printing!) and the fact that a bunch of them aren't even available in digital format, it's hard.

darryl · 11-10-2018, 06:36 PM

Too many to ever read all of them. I laughed at theducks post because his approach was not dissimilar to my own. And a large library to begin with has only grown since. I think in the days of physical books only one could have too many books. Now, when they reside in cyberspace? Impossible. To me the operative word in the phrase "Calibre Library" is "Library". If I never purchase or borrow another book I have my own library with enough material to give me a wide choice of reading for the indefinite future. I'm not at all concerned that I won't read many of them. The opportunity to read any particular book right now is there. And online.

haertig · 11-13-2018, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by darryl

I'm not at all concerned that I won't read many of them.

I'm not "concerned", but I am "sad".

I hate to think that I might miss out on "my favorite author" because I failed to read enough books to have found him/her by the time I die. I know that's a weird thing to be sad about, but the thought makes me contemplate my mortality.

Pizza_Cant_Read · 11-20-2018, 04:27 AM

13531 items right now, I have a couple thousand more than haven't been added but some are duplicates.

Have I mentioned I love calibre? Screw directories file trees... life wouldn't be the same without this software. So many features, one day I am going to run a server to share my library and book scarcity will not be an issue for anyone ever again. Once we figure out the food thing life on this planet should be pretty swell <3

11-03-2018, 09:39 PM	#21
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,560 Karma: 61170925 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Total, I have just over 1800 books, although the amount of actual ebooks is about 950. The rest is a combination of fanfics, various software and game manuals, and a catalog of my physical books. I read quite a bit. Before health issues came up I was able to read three books a day. Not quite as fast anymore, though. Last edited by ownedbycats; 11-03-2018 at 09:41 PM.

11-07-2018, 07:58 PM	#22
Weird Harold Kindle User Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: South Jersey Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Fire 8	Haven't taken a book count lately but my Libraries directory is 43.9 gb, all "just books". update... Just checked 44,519 !!! Last edited by Weird Harold; 11-08-2018 at 08:41 PM.

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11-03-2018, 08:20 PM	#19
haertig Wizard Posts: 1,738 Karma: 26006874 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26	Boy, I have nothing compared to the rest of you: 1127 novels and 38 reference books (textbooks, travel guides, etc.) thus far. Still, this is more books than I could ever hope to read before I die. I'm pretty much stuck at one-novel-per-month reading speed on average. But some of the books I have collected I know I'll never read. e.g., Moby Dick that I got off of Gutenberg (I think). Looks good in the collection, like I'm an intellectual or something, but after sampling the first few sentences I know it's too tedious for me. And I thought I used too many commas! Wow, on average there have to be about 25 per sentence in that book. Give me James Rollins or Matthew Reilly or Jeremy Robinson instead!

11-03-2018, 08:54 PM	#20
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	I've actually read maybe 80-90% of my collection. I've been collecting these since 2007/8 and can read through a bunch of them really quickly (most are less than 10K words). The other 10-20% are absolute drek but it's easier to keep them in Calibre already marked as drek than re-download them again only to read them again and find out that they're drek.

11-07-2018, 10:04 PM	#23
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,977 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Roughly 3,500 which includes magazines like Lightspeed and Asimovs. It's a combined library of several family members. I have a separate library for freebies and currently that's just over 1,000 after some purging.

11-09-2018, 02:30 PM	#26
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,977 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	I work on fixing stuff in Calibre twice a week when making phone calls. I'm on hold a lot, so it was something more productive than making doodles. Plus, I don't waste valuable reading time fixing.

11-10-2018, 04:17 PM	#27
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 8,560 Karma: 61170925 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	After a few days of adding a bunch of my physical books, I just hit the 2000 mark. The amount of paper books I have is a little ridiculous. They're overflowing the shelves and basically all over the place in my small apartment. I've been trying to switch to eBooks but between the cost (why do so many cost more than the regular paper book? There's no cost of printing!) and the fact that a bunch of them aren't even available in digital format, it's hard.

11-10-2018, 06:36 PM	#28
darryl Wizard Posts: 3,108 Karma: 60231510 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Kindle Oasis, Huwei Ascend Mate 7	Too many to ever read all of them. I laughed at theducks post because his approach was not dissimilar to my own. And a large library to begin with has only grown since. I think in the days of physical books only one could have too many books. Now, when they reside in cyberspace? Impossible. To me the operative word in the phrase "Calibre Library" is "Library". If I never purchase or borrow another book I have my own library with enough material to give me a wide choice of reading for the indefinite future. I'm not at all concerned that I won't read many of them. The opportunity to read any particular book right now is there. And online.

11-20-2018, 04:27 AM	#30
Pizza_Cant_Read Sentient Sauce Posts: 460 Karma: 2519794 Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: China Device: 9th Gen Oasis	13531 items right now, I have a couple thousand more than haven't been added but some are duplicates. Have I mentioned I love calibre? Screw directories file trees... life wouldn't be the same without this software. So many features, one day I am going to run a server to share my library and book scarcity will not be an issue for anyone ever again. Once we figure out the food thing life on this planet should be pretty swell <3