| An ebook collection tends to reflect its owner. Some | | | | choice and organize your ebook collection however |
| are scattered over the space of a hard drive with no | | | | you choose. You can sort by fiction and non-fiction, if |
| rhyme or reason, and maybe a few are on a flash | | | | you're a general category kind of person. You can |
| drive in the bottom of a purse somewhere or an a | | | | hyper-sort by genres, level of violence, book length or |
| spare hard drive or CD-ROM. And some are | | | | ever by whether or not you like the cover graphic. |
| meticulously organized with each book in it own folder, | | | | How you organize your library is your decision. |
| and the folders of ebooks in the same genre are in | | | | But how's that going to help you find an ebook that's |
| another folder, and all the folders of that general | | | | on a flash drive somewhere? That's probably the only |
| category are in yet another main folder. | | | | thing that good book inventory software can't do. But |
| Some ebook collections might fall somewhere in | | | | you could make a label, let's call it Flash 1 for instance, |
| between. One folder for all the ebooks, with only one | | | | and attach it to that ebook to indicate it's on flash drive |
| or two folders inside that to separate fiction from | | | | 1 (assuming you have more than one). Or you could |
| non-fiction or self-help from history, so the digital books | | | | leave a comment with that ebook saying the same. |
| are loosely organized but at least all in one place. If | | | | Then when you browse through your ebook collection, |
| your ebook collection is scattered, you can organize it | | | | your note or label will be there telling you where the |
| much more quickly than you ever imagined. And if your | | | | ebook is. You can do that with your printed books, too, |
| ebooks are already micro-organized, you won't have | | | | by leaving yourself a note that the book "Get |
| to mess with your system of organization. | | | | Organized Yesterday" is in the box of knick-knacks |
| You won't have to move your ebooks around at all, | | | | under the chair that's covered with books. |
| unless you want to. If you choose good book | | | | Your ebook collection may not take up as much |
| inventory software that also allows you to list ebooks, | | | | space or look as impressive as your printed book |
| you can easily add ebooks to your catalog and never | | | | collection, but it's just as valuable to you .And ebooks |
| have to worry about reorganizing your hard drive. Sure | | | | are surprisingly easy to lose, as anyone who has ever |
| the software will let you catalog your books, but that | | | | accidentally deleted a folder or file will tell you. Ebook |
| doesn't really organize them, does it? | | | | collection capable software, though, can help you keep |
| It doesn't let you literally organize them, but it lets you | | | | better track of your digital books by letting you see the |
| virtually organize them. You can add labels of your | | | | collection as a whole after you make a library. |