12-30-2019, 05:48 PM | #1 |
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Maximum practical files number?
I note that the Kobo description on a couple of the current 8 GB Kobo readers lists their capacity as up to 5000 books. Is this genuine or a exaggeration? At what number of files does the response deteriorate to unacceptable levels or things start to hang up or crash intermittently?
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12-30-2019, 06:08 PM | #2 | |
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12-30-2019, 06:37 PM | #3 |
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I've tried loading 30000 books on one of my older ereaders. That wasn't particularly pleasant. But, I have run close to 10000 on whichever device I was using as my primary device without any issues. Scrolling through the library list is fairly pointless, but, if you have an idea of what to search for, it works.
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12-31-2019, 11:26 AM | #4 | |
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* I don't find scrolling through pages of library or collections as a useful way of finding my next read when there are 2200+ pages. Other's mileage may vary. |
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12-31-2019, 08:05 PM | #5 |
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Wow, how do you guys remember what you have? How do you choose your next read?
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01-01-2020, 03:40 AM | #6 | |
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As for the books on the devices (4294 today on the Libra), I have "to read" collections by genre and catalogs I update often. There are two catalogs on the devices:
And when I can't find something, I explore in Calibre, where I can mix tags, and look at the covers. All in all, much easier than climbing 4 floors to a former maid's room (my VERY arthritic knees complain loudly when I walk down) and spend time on top of a stepladder moving books around. I'll add that whether in my library or in Calibre, it is a pleasure to find a book I had completely forgotten and WANT to read - serendipity is my favorite English word. Last edited by anacreon; 01-01-2020 at 03:47 AM. |
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01-01-2020, 07:06 AM | #7 | |
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At the moment I am using Koreader on it, basically just because koreader has a traditional file explorer (folders inside folders), thus avoiding the slowdown caused when searching in big libraries like it has been mentioned. |
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