Those of you with E-readers

I have about 1800 books stored at Amazon "in the cloud". I keep about 30-40 books on my Kindle which are my most recent purchases or "to be read" books. I do have a document on my computer which lists all books broken down into books read (with a rating, date read & description) and books still to be read (with a description). I really like have a ready description of my books without searching Anazon. I'll be watching this thread for other ideas.

I just have a couple of 'collections' - finished, recommended etc.

I keep a list on Excel of the books I've finished.

On my kindle, as soon as I've finished a book I remove it. So all books on the device are either new or started.

Go to the Home screen and long press on the book, until a menu comes up.  The last option is Remove from Device, or Delete this Book, or something like that. 



ETA:  it only deletes from the device - not your Amazon library. So you can download it again if you want.

I like to keep all my books on my Kindle so they're available anytime (I only have a wifi Kindle). I created category folders and once a book is read it gets moved into the appropriate folder. Books that haven't been read yet are just in the main directory that they download into. Most of the books I read are part of a series so I have categories named after each series. I also have other categories with just descriptions like "mysteries" or "nonfiction animals". Works for me.

I sort books into collections based on type (fiction, nonfiction, business, sports, cookbooks); some of the serial books are sorted that way (Harry Potter, In Death series, etc.). I, too, keep the unread books on the Kindle and read books in the cloud. Books I re-read often (like Potter) also stay on the kindle.

Hmm.... can I do this on my Paperwhite? Probably a dumb question...really, I'm sure I ought to go online and read a manual or tips or something because I bet this Paperwhite can do all sorts of things that I don't know about. lol

On my Nook they were in most recently read order, with new, unread ones below the one being read. Then DH borrowed my Nook and hit a button that put them all in alpha order by title. Ratsafratz! Oh, well.

Like you I'm a member of Book Bub and I was getting books that sounded interesting that I thought I'd like to read, but was having a hard time coming up with a way to organize them.
I had so many on my device that it was confusing to me.  

So I decided to make use of the "wish list" feature on Amazon.com.  I've created several different wish lists:  Books that sound interesting, Books I own that I haven't read, Books I've read in 2015, etc.

My library also has digital books available for loan.  They have it set up so that I can create a wish list on their site, so I have an additional wish list there.  The books on that list are not on my Amazon wish list.  

When I'm ready for a new book to read I look through my wish list, either through the library or Amazon and choose a book. The books I own through Amazon are stored in "the cloud" and I download them onto my Kindle.


When I'm done reading a book I add it to my wish list of books that I've read and remove it from my Kindle.  

If you're not finished with a library book, turn your wi-fi off or go into airplane mode.  It won't disappear unless you're connected.

And I agree, good free books are few and far between.

I have a Nook and I TBH I have a lot of what I call crap fiction - because I read right before I go to sleep. I don't want something to think about and ponder just fluffy fiction to relax to AND I'm a re-reader. I try to keep it organized on the Nook by author and series. Sometimes other library categories, but I need a better e system. The problem with my series is there isn't always an easy way to keep them in order or see which one should be read next.

Maybe I will try to sync it on my laptop as that is just easier to use at times.

I really want to get into borrowing from the library... might check their stock. Thanks for the reminder.

I am part of a FB group where they link to freebies daily.  Some of them are very good but they had done the hard work for me and weeded out the rubbish ones.  

I like the free books as they could introduce me to an author that I would like to read more of, if you see what I mean.  

With the Amazon Prime sale on Friday, I wonder if I should get a cheap Kindle to get the Kindle benefits. I really wish I had gotten a fire instead of my last Nook. Oh well, I really need to take some time get the best out of my Nook.