05-31-2013, 06:35 PM | #46 |
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If you can get them on Project Gutenberg, maybe you should just rely on them to store your books for you.
Classics are just as easy to get now as they were when you first got them... |
05-31-2013, 06:49 PM | #47 |
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Also, if you download classics from MobileRead, the formatting often improves over time and new versions are uploaded.
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05-31-2013, 06:56 PM | #48 |
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I've heard that, yes...
Project Gutenberg also gets updated versions, but only when someone bothers to submit it -- I believe the MR downloads are constantly fixed by the pedantic creators, who have perhaps a little more time on their hands than the Project Gutenberg crowd?? Still, Gutenberg has a much bigger selection. |
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Quality or quantity? That is the question.
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Yes, it is possible to have too many eBooks. You can only read so many books. So take the number of books you'll be able to read before you die and any over that number is too many.
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No, not more time, but more dedication. The MR formatters are true artists, not bored pedants. |
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06-02-2013, 12:19 AM | #53 |
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BookCat, what makes you think Gutenberg volunteers are bored pedants?
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06-02-2013, 07:44 PM | #54 |
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piperclassique, I wasn't referring to PG in any way, just the formatters of the MR ebooks. I felt that eschwartz had, maybe inadvertently, insulted them.
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06-03-2013, 05:05 AM | #57 |
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After the initial phase of 'download everything' when I got my first proper ereader a few years ago, I use the following criteria:
1. Is it something that is useful or something I am likely, in any circumstances, no matter how bizarre, to read? [If not, delete or do not download.] 2. Having downloaded it, have circumstances changed and I now am less likely to read it? If so, delete. [Some free books I download thinking I might like them, then read something else by the author and decide they're not for me. Hence delete.] Everything in ePub format goes on my ereader - I use one with SD card expansion for that reason. I like knowing that all my books are available all the time. A huge number of books is not necessarily a bad thing; it's like having a library at your fingertips. A to-be-read list is not a to-do list, it's a garden in which to wander at will. I will probably never get my list down to zero, but why should I want to? If the books were free in the first place, I'm not wasting money. Regarding indexing, I use BookCollector (www.collectorz.com). Yes, you have to pay for it, but it was worth it for me. I have one index for paper and ebooks, and it also tracks my to-be-read list. Since there is an associated iPhone app, it also means I get to scroll through my catalogue with the speed of an LCD screen rather than waiting for even the fastest eInk. |
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It's not possible. I mean it's not like they'll spill over. HDD isn't a cup of water :3 Whats more, portable HDDs are getting to be cheaper and cheaper, so it's not such a big problem where to put all that data. The problem might be book prices however
But that's why we have Gutenberg and MobileRead Anyway, having a lot isn't about reading them all, but having a varied choice. |
06-03-2013, 05:26 AM | #59 |
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Rather than go to the expense of buying a 64g flash drive I have decided to split my library. Everything I think I might read in the next year is staying on my Main flash drive and everything else is going to be backed up on my external hard drives..
I'm just wondering what the easiest way to split it would be. I could use Calibre's save to disc function, then remove all available formats from Calibre so I would still have a record of everything in Calibre, then make a custom column to indicate they are on my external hard drive. Does anyone have an easier way or any tips? |
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Sorry guys, I misread you.
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