Should I delete all my Mobi files?

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by hobnail

I don't understand the clutter issue. Are you guys looking in the calibre library directory? I have a Formats column in calibre and that's mainly the only time I see both formats.

I see them in the book details window.

[hobnail]

It's been rare but there have been times after converting a book from mobi or azw3 to epub that I've screwed things up cleaning up its formatting and have needed to start over and re-convert it, but probably not after beginning to read it. My C drive is only about half full so for me there's no need to reduce the clutter. I do have a Finished column which I could use for knowing when to delete the mobi and azw3 formats but it just seems like unnecessary busy work to me.

If I was running low on space I have a 6t drive that I could move the calibre library to. I also like having the azw3 and mobi formats for telling me that they're purchased books, differentiating them from library and PG books I downloaded in epub. (I used to have a Source column for where I got the book from but was too lazy to keep it updated.)

[Tarana]

As mentioned already, only you can answer that question. All my mobi's have been converted to azw3 to take advantage of the better font choices than mobi provides. If I get something in an epub format, I leave that until I'm ready to read, then convert to azw3. If it reads fine, I delete the epub.
Edited to add: I converted and then deleted all the mobi files.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by hobnail

It's been rare but there have been times after converting a book from mobi or azw3 to epub that I've screwed things up cleaning up its formatting and have needed to start over and re-convert it, but probably not after beginning to read it. My C drive is only about half full so for me there's no need to reduce the clutter. I do have a Finished column which I could use for knowing when to delete the mobi and azw3 formats but it just seems like unnecessary busy work to me.

If I was running low on space I have a 6t drive that I could move the calibre library to. I also like having the azw3 and mobi formats for telling me that they're purchased books, differentiating them from library and PG books I downloaded in epub. (I used to have a Source column for where I got the book from but was too lazy to keep it updated.)

I'm not running low on disk space. I just have no use for mobis and no need to keep them. As I buy my books from several different stores and don't read library books, it's not formats that tell me where I got a book. I have a custom column for that.

I don't delete azw3, as it can be edited and is useful to me as a source format. Mobi isn't.

[joblack]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

With Amazon no longer supporting .mobi files, I'm wondering if I should delete them from my Calibre library. Is there any need for me to keep them? I rarely transfer books to my Kindle via USB and I can always convert on the fly if I had a sudden need for such a transfer. What are you doing with your .mobi files?

The Kindle can still read mobi files, it just doesn't work if you send it over the Kindle email address.

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by joblack

The Kindle can still read mobi files, it just doesn't work if you send it over the Kindle email address.

I’m aware, thanks.

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I rarely transfer books to my Kindle via USB and I can always convert on the fly if I had a sudden need for such a transfer.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Tarana

As mentioned already, only you can answer that question. All my mobi's have been converted to azw3 to take advantage of the better font choices than mobi provides. If I get something in an epub format, I leave that until I'm ready to read, then convert to azw3. If it reads fine, I delete the epub.

I would keep the ePub even if I used a Kindle in case I someday wanted to switch from a Kindle.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I'm not running low on disk space. I just have no use for mobis and no need to keep them. As I buy my books from several different stores and don't read library books, it's not formats that tell me where I got a book. I have a custom column for that.

I don't delete azw3, as it can be edited and is useful to me as a source format. Mobi isn't.

Sometimes Mobi is the only source format there is because stupid people use Kindle Create.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

With Amazon no longer supporting .mobi files, I'm wondering if I should delete them from my Calibre library. Is there any need for me to keep them?

Originally Posted by joblack

The Kindle can still read mobi files, it just doesn't work if you send it over the Kindle email address.

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I’m aware, thanks.

I'm confused by the premise of the thread. How does Amazon's end of support of emailing mobis impact the decision to keep mobis one way or the other, and if it's just a question using a feature that no longer exists, why is there a question at all?

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Still, I don't hoard the stuff I'm sure I won't ever need.

Are true hoarders aware they are keeping things they will never need, or is the nature of hoarder to never be sure they will never need something?

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by ApK

I'm confused by the premise of the thread. How does Amazon's end of support of emailing mobis impact the decision to keep mobis one way or the other, and if it's just a question using a feature that no longer exists, why is there a question at all?

I apologize for the confusion.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by ApK

Are true hoarders aware they are keeping things they will never need, or is the nature of hoarder to never be sure they will never need something?

I think very few people hoard everything in their life. I certainly don't, although I do hoard some things (like ebooks). So most hoarders must be aware that there are things they'll never need.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

So most hoarders must be aware that there are things they'll never need.

I wouldn't wager any money on that. A few decades back, one resident living about a block from our complex had a house fire. The fire was evidently caused by spontaneous combustion in a collection of filled garbage bags that were in the basement. From the report and photos, the elderly woman living in the house had not disposed of anything for decades. And I do mean anything that entered that house never left. Fast food containers, used kleenex, community newspapers, worn out shoes, refundable and non-refundable bottles, etc.

Why do I hear Hotel California playing in the background...

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I wouldn't wager any money on that. A few decades back, one resident living about a block from our complex had a house fire. The fire was evidently caused by spontaneous combustion in a collection of filled garbage bags that were in the basement. From the report and photos, the elderly woman living in the house had not disposed of anything for decades. And I do mean anything that entered that house never left. Fast food containers, used kleenex, community newspapers, worn out shoes, refundable and non-refundable bottles, etc.

Why do I hear Hotel California playing in the background...

Yeah, but those are extreme cases, and presumably mentally unbalanced. Most people with a tendency to hoard are not that far gone.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Yeah, but those are extreme cases, and presumably mentally unbalanced. Most people with a tendency to hoard are not that far gone.

Hmm... Check for episodes of Hoarders. Hoarding seems to start with hoarding one item or class of items but seems to gradually extend itself to hoarding almost everything.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Hmm... Check for episodes of Hoarders. Hoarding seems to start with hoarding one item or class of items but seems to gradually extend itself to hoarding almost everything.

Well, no. I should know, because I'm a hoarder. But I've only hoarded certain items all my life and my hoarding has not spread to other areas. From what I've read here and elsewhere, most hoarders are like me. Those who hoard everything are the exception, not the rule.