Sorting out books
I'm sorting out my books, part one hundred and sixty-five.
Thanks to Folkmoss for mentioning Readest. I really like it! Highlighting anything takes at least a dozen attempts but other than that: great. It looks good and it syncs. That's all I need.
It's not syncing to my Kindle though. Last year I jailbroke my Kindle, but not very well. It's doing stuff but not all the stuff it should be doing. In theory I should be able to sync everything.
I've got over five hundred and fifty ebooks, organised with Calibre. Since I de-Amazoned last year I haven't had anything from there. It's been a hodgepodge of different places and formats and that's why Calibre has been so good keeping things together and organised.
In The Great Wishlist Purge I found I had 1539 'to be read' books. That number is probably higher now.
There's been some talk about bookshelves: James G's How I organise my bookshelf and Marisabel's I Do Not Own a Book Shelf. I have books on my four bookcases in the study, primarily. Outdoorsy books are on my bureau, games books on the games bookcase. Bedside table, of course. I also have a tiny sideboard in the living room which is not a bookcase but still has over thirty books sitting on it.
I've been taking this course over the last few weeks: The History of the Book in the Early Modern Period 1450 to 1800 from Future Learn. And also reading a bunch of books about books.
At the beginning of the summer I applied to the library at the university up the road. And did nothing further about it. Before the students get back I should go get my card. More books!
And more reading