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[jaylynn]

Nope.  I love keeping my home page lean and mean.

[jmeaders]

I don't keep them on when I'm finished.

[Aravis60]

I used to keep them all, but I was bothered by the "clutter" . Now I send them back to Amazon when I am done reading and figure that I can always get them back if I want to read them again.

[Athenagwis]

Since I have a healthy mixture of Amazon and non-Amazon books, I keep a back-up copy of ALL my books on my hard drive.  Yes even the Amazon ones.  I know I can retrieve them from Amazon directly at any time, but I don't like depending on anyone else to hold on to the only copy of anything I have paid money for.  So because I know I have everything backed up on my computer (and thus a part of my off site backup as well), I only keep unread books and samples on my Kindle.  As soon as I finish a book I will delete it off.  I like to see what I have left to read.  I rarely go back and reread a book (too many other good ones out there to read!), so there is no point in having them all on there.  I do have a few "reference" books that stay on there like cook-books or photog books, but other than that if it's read it's off of there.

Oh and with the Amazon books they are never really "off" your Kindle.  They go into the archived folder.  I like to think of it as Amazon's version of folders, I have books to read and books I've read (Also known as archived), I can access those at anytime from anywhere, so why not take advantage of the only sort of folder Amazon will give us!!

Rachel

[Leslie]

Oh and with the Amazon books they are never really "off" your Kindle.  They go into the archived folder.  I like to think of it as Amazon's version of folders, I have books to read and books I've read (Also known as archived), I can access those at anytime from anywhere, so why not take advantage of the only sort of folder Amazon will give us!!

Rachel

The titles are in your archive folder, but not the actual book. I just tried to download something w/o the wireless on and I got a message to turn it on to download, so obviously, the book is not on my Kindle.

L

[auntmarge]

LOL, NO!  Makes me feel completely overwhelmed and pressured to have all those books there.  I need order (as should all good librarians  .....)
I keep 2-3 pages on at a time. 

[ak rain]

archive always says 0 in no WN land.
sylvia

[Meemo]

just wondering if most readers keep every book they purchase loaded on their Kindle Just curious

I did for awhile, but now I delete them - I've just got too many books on there that are unread.  Amazon's got the ones I've read, and if they weren't Amazon purchases, I've got them backed up on my computer.  So many books, and not enough time!  I have a K1, so I could take the SD card out & shorten my home page, but I do like being able to see them all at once when it comes time to choose the next read, and I don't like doing the in-and-out-and-in-and-out thing with the card.  Too much indexing and battery drain.  So the card now stays in. 

[Greg Banks]

When I switched over to the DX, I only put the books most recently bought, that I've already started reading, or are most likely to want to read soon, on it. Unfortunately that still adds up to an obscene amount of books. But several of those are PDF reference manuals and related reference books bought through the Kindle Store.

I don't keep everything on my Kindle, but I will keep my favorites, like the Lord of the Rings, just because I like the idea of always having them handy should the urge to read it again come over me.

[kevindorsey]

When I switched over to the DX, I only put the books most recently bought, that I've already started reading, or are most likely to want to read soon, on it. Unfortunately that still adds up to an obscene amount of books. But several of those are PDF reference manuals and related reference books bought through the Kindle Store.

I don't keep everything on my Kindle, but I will keep my favorites, like the Lord of the Rings, just because I like the idea of always having them handy should the urge to read it again come over me.

Yea, I chose not to have too many books on at the same time, as I start wanting to start another book before finishing the one I'm reading.  My personality doesn't help me either. 

[L.Canton]

I leave as many as I can on it, as there's really no point for me to do otherwise. Gives me a chance to switch between at least a few books as well, which is nice.

[Anju No. 469]

All my books are on my computer since I don't have WN, but I am starting to delete some from the kindle that I have read and let Amazon keep the titles, even tho I do still have them handy.

[Athenagwis]

The titles are in your archive folder, but not the actual book. I just tried to download something w/o the wireless on and I got a message to turn it on to download, so obviously, the book is not on my Kindle.

L

Well true you do have to be in a wireless area to get them again, but if you are frequently in a wireless area, then this is a good clean up option, if you're not then it's not.  LOL.  Like I said I don't re-read books anyway, so I just delete them all and don't worry about getting them back in a hurry.  I can always reload all of my books from my computer no matter what anyway.

Rachel