The best thing is to get input from those that will be using the books in the first place. Then you can also talk through how the whole family will work together to keep the space organized. Take a hint from the way a professional organizer works. They get input from the client. They figure out the personal preference of each family they work with and then they set up a system. That way, the next time things are out of place, the client is able to easily put things away. An important part of homeschooling is creating a team effort in everything you do, including organizing your books.
So work with your kids, train your kids, and then cheer them on as they help you keep an orderly space. This is a life skill worth investing in. The most important part of learning how you like to organize books is to stay organized.
So even if you think the system makes sense to you, be sure to communicate it to your kids, your husband, and whoever else will be using the books. One great tip is to give your kids a paint stirrer from the hardware store and paint a color on one end.
Each child can have their own color on a paint stick. When they take a book from the shelf, have them grab the paint stirrer. This is an easy way to enlist the help of your family members for staying organized. We value your privacy and promise never to send you spam; you can unsubscribe at anytime. View our Privacy Policy for more information on how we process your data.
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But what about Kindle Desktop? Of course, we forgot that Kindle has its own desktop client for Windows! It's beautiful and comfortable! And yes, it features collections! But what a Bummer! These collections are not synced with Kindle ereader or even with Kindle Cloud.
And even if the miracle happens, and they will sync, still you won't be able to sync collections with your own books not purchased from Amazon. Desktop Book organizers There are some good desktop ebook organizers that can work with Kindle. They work like this: you connect Kindle via USB and the book organizer scans your device and displays your library.
They can't organize collections on Kindle for the reason described above , so you still have chaos on the device. But you can organize your books by various parameters genres, authors, tags, Moreover, these programs allow to move books between computer and device, open not DRM protected books in the desktop viewer.
But probably the best option is Kindlian. In the past it was one of the Kindle collection managers. But now when Amazon closed the Kindle firmware, the developers released Kindlian 4, which offers very elegant way to organize books and collections. The idea is that all books from Kindle are backed up to your computer and only these books that you read now - remain on the device.
And if you have only few books on Kindle - you have no problem with their organization. At the same time you can organize the backed up Kindle library on your computer. It is beautifully displayed and you can use familiar collections and mouse to drag-n-drop books. If you want to send a book from the desktop library to ereader - you connect it via USB and send. All the rest is done by the program itself without your participation, while you're having a cup of coffee or chatting with a friend!
The software will make your life a lot more fruity and colourful with a number of other amazing view modes and templates available. These can also be used to share your ebook collection with friends, to print book cards having added all the fields needed, as well as export your book collection to other formats. For example, having organized ebooks, you can upload your book collection to your personal website or send it to a friend. By the way, using All My Books you can not only add info about authors and translators of the book, but also illustrations for the books and author's photo as well.
Owners of large collections will find options of multiple search and several quick filters which allow you to quickly find the book needed even if your ebook collection is quite large. All My Books is also flexible - using it you'll be able to import the existing database of ebooks and not create everything from the very beginning. It takes care of you - password protection, automatic database backup, powerful loan manager - all these features protect your book collection in a number of ways and help to organize ebooks effectively.
Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I started using Calibre and I'm unable to decide how to effectively use it to manage my ebooks. Till using Calibre, these folders were synced across all of my devices Android phone, tablet, desktop using Cloud storage. In this way I could browse any subject anywhere using either browser or file explorer or in android phone.
But when I have added the collection to Calibre, it has destroyed this folder structure and made it one folder per author. If I'm syncing this library using cloud storage, I've no way to know which are History books and which are political science books.
Calibre organises the books that way, there isn't much you can do about it. If you want to use it, you must accept that folder structure. Beside that, Calibre can also run as a web server, providing a website-like interface that you can access from every browser. Obviously, to use this feature, Calibre must be installed on a machine that is always on and connected to Internet.
As written in the Calibre manual you should use tags:. But suppose you want to find all unread science fiction books. It might take a while to get everything properly tagged, but after that it will be easy to find what you want. I had more than one Calibre libraries since I have imported the e-books' folders from my computer as libraries. I wanted to combine those libraries as one merge but I wanted to maintain the folders' hierarchy or at least I wanted to organize and see the e-books as if they are in the corresponding folders.
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