Organising your ebooks

teotjunk · 05-10-2013, 03:54 PM

How do you guys organize your ebooks ?

teotjunk

ShellShock · 05-10-2013, 04:01 PM

I tell them to shape up or ship out.

Pookeysgirl · 05-10-2013, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ShellShock

I tell them to shape up or ship out.

Pookeysgirl · 05-10-2013, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by teotjunk

How do you guys organize your ebooks ?

teotjunk

On my PC I use Calibre. On my Kindle I put them into Collections by genre and by series.

AlbertaCowboy · 05-10-2013, 04:38 PM

I use Calibre.
After disinfecting them, I'll assign genre & series tags, as well as editing covers if missing.

Apache · 05-10-2013, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy

I use Calibre.
After disinfecting them, I'll assign genre & series tags, as well as editing covers if missing.

This.
Apache

Ripplinger · 05-10-2013, 04:50 PM

Another one that relies on Calibre to do all the dirty work for me. And it does it well.

I fortunately started using it when I got my first ereader, so I didn't have thousands of books to add at once and get sorted out, that will probably take you some time. But after that, just check each new book as you add it that everything is correct and how you want the tags and series info, and it's a very simple process.

JSWolf · 05-10-2013, 05:04 PM

I use Calibre to organize and remove the DRM. I also use tags and series to have collections created for me on my 650. No need to jailbreak/hack or not have it work at all for creating collections.

I bought a cheap nook STR from Radio Shack and I cannot use Calibre to manage collections. Also, the fonts are lighter then on my 650. I'm serious considering returning it.

discopig · 05-10-2013, 06:02 PM

I just keep them all in Calibre, but beyond that on my kindle nothing is very organized. I really should start to use Collections, but laziness always wins

Ripplinger · 05-10-2013, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I bought a cheap nook STR from Radio Shack and I cannot use Calibre to manage collections. Also, the fonts are lighter then on my 650. I'm serious considering returning it.

Is the firmware that different from the Kobo Glo that it doesn't allow collections at all? For the Kobo Glo, Calibre transfers books into "bookshleves" (Kobo's term for collections, but it's the same thing) as long as you set the Kobo plugin correctly. I have mine sent to bookshelves by the tag and series without any hassles.

Ntsimp · 05-10-2013, 07:13 PM

My reader has a very handy Folder View mode, which I use exclusively. I have my ebooks organized in a large directory tree mostly by subject/genre, and most of my filenames are of the form "Title - Author.ext". Works great.
I've never used Calibre for anything except converting other formats to epub.

cfrizz · 05-10-2013, 07:23 PM

In my Sony software I use collections for series. In Calibre I sort by author.

jbcohen · 05-10-2013, 08:05 PM

I keep them on the in the accounts of the companies where I bought them from. I have nothing locally they are all on the web servers with the companies from which I bought them.

JSWolf · 05-10-2013, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ripplinger

Is the firmware that different from the Kobo Glo that it doesn't allow collections at all? For the Kobo Glo, Calibre transfers books into "bookshleves" (Kobo's term for collections, but it's the same thing) as long as you set the Kobo plugin correctly. I have mine sent to bookshelves by the tag and series without any hassles.

The nook does something with collections that Calibre has no access to. So you can put eBooks on the nook, but you then have to manually add them to collections.

JSWolf · 05-10-2013, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jbcohen

I keep them on the in the accounts of the companies where I bought them from. I have nothing locally they are all on the web servers with the companies from which I bought them.

And if any go out of business, so go your eBooks.

05-10-2013, 03:54 PM	#1
teotjunk Connoisseur Posts: 83 Karma: 3004 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Organising your ebooks How do you guys organize your ebooks ? teotjunk

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discopig Book Addict Posts: 132 Karma: 1040318 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I just keep them all in Calibre, but beyond that on my kindle nothing is very organized. I really should start to use Collections, but laziness always wins Last edited by discopig; 05-10-2013 at 06:06 PM.

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05-10-2013, 04:01 PM	#2
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,176 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	I tell them to shape up or ship out.

05-10-2013, 04:38 PM	#5
AlbertaCowboy Guru Posts: 819 Karma: 171672846 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: PRS-350, PRS-650, iPhone 6, NVIDIA Shield K1	I use Calibre. After disinfecting them, I'll assign genre & series tags, as well as editing covers if missing.

05-10-2013, 04:50 PM	#7
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	Another one that relies on Calibre to do all the dirty work for me. And it does it well. I fortunately started using it when I got my first ereader, so I didn't have thousands of books to add at once and get sorted out, that will probably take you some time. But after that, just check each new book as you add it that everything is correct and how you want the tags and series info, and it's a very simple process.

05-10-2013, 05:04 PM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,887 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I use Calibre to organize and remove the DRM. I also use tags and series to have collections created for me on my 650. No need to jailbreak/hack or not have it work at all for creating collections. I bought a cheap nook STR from Radio Shack and I cannot use Calibre to manage collections. Also, the fonts are lighter then on my 650. I'm serious considering returning it.

05-10-2013, 07:13 PM	#11
Ntsimp Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 1215642 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Utah Device: iriver Story HD, Android	My reader has a very handy Folder View mode, which I use exclusively. I have my ebooks organized in a large directory tree mostly by subject/genre, and most of my filenames are of the form "Title - Author.ext". Works great. I've never used Calibre for anything except converting other formats to epub.

05-10-2013, 07:23 PM	#12
cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 34583358 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	In my Sony software I use collections for series. In Calibre I sort by author.

05-10-2013, 08:05 PM	#13
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,025 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Piper College Device: Samsung A21	I keep them on the in the accounts of the companies where I bought them from. I have nothing locally they are all on the web servers with the companies from which I bought them.