The Campfire

[Diane ~Firefly~]

So all this talk of losing audible books, is there a way to save kindle books onto your computer harddrive so they won't disappear?

[Tammie]

Thanks Sammy...I made a file in my GRs for Audible I own, but I'll go to my history and at least copy my purchases. I don't do a lot of re-reading, but I just looked at my list and there are definitely a few contenders.

[Judy]

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "So all this talk of losing audible books, is there a way to save kindle books onto your computer harddrive so they won't disappear?"

You can download the files from the Amazon website and then have them on your computer, I haven't yet gotten around to the DRM part but that's on my to do list for very soon.

[Jhmingos]

Thanks for the head's up Sammy. I don't download my Audibles right away either, and I didn't know they could remove it from your library if purchased. Looks like my little project this weekend is figuring out how to convert Audible files into mp3s.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

And this is why any book I want to keep.. I buy in paper. 😊

[Sammy]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "And this is why any book I want to keep.. I buy in paper. 😊"

I already have over 2.5k of those... Can't afford to double that and don't have the space 😆

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Sammy wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "And this is why any book I want to keep.. I buy in paper. 😊"

I already have over 2.5k of those... Can't afford to double that and don't have the space 😆"

I know the feeling.. I have had to be a bit more discerning/ruthless in what I keep now. Been slowly going through my books and culling.. either to fundraisers/donations or to the local library.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Sammy wrote: "PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Ok, anyone who buys audiobooks on audible (specifically the UK branch, but it may well apply to others too).

after a long and fruitless debate on audible help chat abo..."

There are a lot of posts that pop up on the Audible Forum about this on Reddit. They state when rights expire the book is still in your library but you have to manually hunt for it. If you speak to customer service and have them remove and give you a credit for a new version, then it really is gone. No clue as this has not happened to me. but sometimes it is still hiding in your library - it just won't be able to pop up when you "search" for it with the search box anymore since it technically does not exist in the site. Manually you can find in your library when this happens though - but if you get them to give you a credit, it's usually then gone for good.

Here's a thread discussing this issue and when an item is deprecated within audible system -
https://www.reddit.com/r/audible/comm...

I use this free software to back up audible purchases just in case - https://github.com/rmcrackan/Libation...

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "And this is why any book I want to keep.. I buy in paper. 😊"

Yes but audiobooks don't work well on Paper form! :)

I enjoy formats e-books, paper, and audiobooks --- but unfortunately something can happen to any of them. It makes me nervous on loss for any of the formats!

[Tara]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "And this is why any book I want to keep.. I buy in paper. 😊"

I already have over 2.5k of those... Can't afford to double that and don't have the space 😆"..."

A really good option for donating books is juvenile detention centers and prisons (this may be different in Australia). When I started at my school library, we hadn't got rid of anything for YEARS and did a massive weed. We then donated to prisons/detention centers! And another nonprofit that provided books to nursing homes and hospitals!

Also, that is so lame re: audible. I'm going ot have to check my catalog, even though I no longer have a subscription. Normally do audio through my public library these days

[Marty]

Hello, newbie here. I'm Marty. This looks a like a great game for paring down my shamefully large TBR.

[Cat]

Marty wrote: "Hello, newbie here. I'm Marty. This looks a like a great game for paring down my shamefully large TBR."

Oh, we can tell by that that you are a newbie! I don't want to put you off, but sadly I've never come out of a team challenge with a reduced TBR!
One of the joys (or perils) of a team challenge is the recommendations from your teamies!

[Sammy]

Some of us still live in hope that it'll happen one day Cat! 😉

[Gwen|| Bookish Blondie]

I honestly just borrow audiobooks from the library and if I love them then I buy a paper copy to keep them permanently. Hoopla and Libby are great for audiobooks.

[Teddie]

TARA wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "And this is why any book I want to keep.. I buy in paper. 😊"

I already have over 2.5k of those... Can't afford to double tha..."

This is a great idea Tara - thanks!

[Marty]

Cat wrote: "Marty wrote: "Hello, newbie here. I'm Marty. This looks a like a great game for paring down my shamefully large TBR."

Oh, we can tell by that that you are a newbie! I don't want to put you off, bu..."

Hey, at least any books I discover through this game will be 'new' to my TBR and not 'been-there-God-knows-how-long.' :D

[Jenny]

There's the proper attitude! Welcome to you and your dusty (for now) TBR.

[Judith]

Marty wrote: "Cat wrote: "Marty wrote: "Hello, newbie here. I'm Marty. This looks a like a great game for paring down my shamefully large TBR."

Oh, we can tell by that that you are a newbie! I don't want to put..."

Hehe! that's the spirit!!

We've has tasks in the past along the lines of "sort your want to read list by date added and read a book between 200 and 299".

We had a team ask us what to do since zero people on the team had that many books on their tbr for whatever the range was for the task. Broke our brains for a minute :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

🤭 I remember that Judith!

Just had me go and check my tbr and it has grown by almost 20 books since 1 Jan despite me reading a lot more for challenges 🤦‍♀️

[Suzanne]

I saw this and thought of you guys:

[Truitt_T]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "🤭 I remember that Judith!

Just had me go and check my tbr and it has grown by almost 20 books since 1 Jan despite me reading a lot more for challenges 🤦‍♀️"

I've been trying to read down my tbr, too, but it's up by 23 since the first of the year.

So many books....

[Jenny]

Ok. Suzanne, you are forcing me to buy yet another snarky t-shirt.
Brilliant.

[Marty]

Suzanne wrote: "I saw this and thought of you guys:
"

I'm partial to 'metadata' myself.

[Mary]

Jhmingos wrote: "Normally I like to take a long break between my team challenges, but I couldn't resist. This is giving me Hunger Game vibes and I just started reading the series."

I'm reading these for the first time too. Just finished Catching Fire so I'm definitely excited for this challenge.

[Shelby]

Truitt_T wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "🤭 I remember that Judith!

Just had me go and check my tbr and it has grown by almost 20 books since 1 Jan despite me reading a lot more for challenges 🤦‍♀️"

I've been trying to r..."

My goal this year is to get my current challenge to read shelf to be under 100 books. Last year the goal was to get it under 200 and I managed that, but I"m currently sitting at around 170 books...the problem is that every new challenge ends up adding books to that list even as I'm taking others off. :-p

[Cecily]

I can't ever image my TBR getting smaller, I am definitely sure I add faster than I could ever read lol

[Melindam]

The struggle is real, the circle is vicious/sacred. ;)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Suzanne wrote: "I saw this and thought of you guys:
"

Haha
Always makes me think of Cat when I see that word

[Lauri]

I was crushed to learn that antidisestablishmentarianism is no longer the longest word in English! I’ve been spouting (and spelling!) that fun fact since I was little. Now it’s some drug that I forget the name of…. I always wanted a shirt with that on it, and now I’m too late! *sigh*

[Lauri]

Shelby wrote: "Truitt_T wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "🤭 I remember that Judith!

Just had me go and check my tbr and it has grown by almost 20 books since 1 Jan despite me reading a lot more for challenges 🤦‍♀️"

I've..."

Dude! I’d be happy to get my TBR under 10,000! Even if I live to be 100, I’ll never finish! And yet, I’m compelled to keep adding more & more! Why??

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lauri wrote: "I was crushed to learn that antidisestablishmentarianism is no longer the longest word in English! I’ve been spouting (and spelling!) that fun fact since I was little. Now it’s some drug that I for..."

sigh. your word is better than some weird drug name ;)

[Sophie, The other one]

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is the ridiculously long word I often think about when asked for a long word.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is apparently the longest word in the dictionary - a lung disease caused by inhaling fine particles from volcanos.

Basically medicine loves putting too many syllables together!

[Sophie, The other one]

Suzanne wrote: "I saw this and thought of you guys:
"

Love it! Not used enough in day to day conversation.

[Melindam]

Suzanne wrote: "I saw this and thought of you guys:
"

Suzanne,

You should know better by now than to throw in such fodder into these threads. Very reckless and irresponsible behaviour. 🤭

[Claire]

Suzanne, you just made my day with this 😂

[Sammy]

I don't count a book as being on my TBR until I own a copy (I would add "or borrowed from the library", but my library is pants. They only have 15 audiobooks for starters! 😆).

So my goal every year is to end the year with less books on my tbr than I started with. So far this year, I'm on about 10 books less in the TBR than I had on New years eve.

I've read 175 books so far this year.

The struggle is real.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

NOTE: Initial sign ups have now closed. You can still complete the sign up form to be placed on a reserve list and you will be contacted if/when a space is available on a team.

Teams will be formed and everyone notified over the next few days - keep an eye out on this thread and your GR inbox for more info!

[🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️]

Cecily wrote: "I can't ever image my TBR getting smaller, I am definitely sure I add faster than I could ever read lol"

mine either, my TBR will outlive me.

[🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "

NOTE: Initial sign ups have now closed. You can still complete the sign up form to be placed on a reserve list and you will be contacted if/when a space is available on a team.

Teams will be for..."

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[Cris (The Biblio Blonde)]

Sophie wrote: "Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is the ridiculously long word I often think about when asked for a long word.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is apparently the longest word in the dic..."

Um, I think we just need to exclude medical words from the honor. They're all clearly made up.

Long live antidisestablishmentarianism!

[Cecily]

Woot!!! I'm getting excited!! Waiting for the challenge to start is the hardest part!!

[Ashleigh]

The campfire chat has been already so entertaining.
We have a public holiday/long weekend coming up so I am excited to smash out some reading!

[Jhmingos]

Sammy wrote: "I don't count a book as being on my TBR until I own a copy (I would add "or borrowed from the library", but my library is pants. They only have 15 audiobooks for starters! 😆).

So my goal every yea..."

I like your idea, Sammy. My TBR is getting out of hand and I'm trying to get it smaller little by little. I'll try to make it smaller than last year's.

[Judith]

I go through my tbr list periodically and delete duplicates from giveaway entries and whatever. It occasionally gets my tbr under a 1000 books 😂

[Tammie]

Judith wrote: "I go through my tbr list periodically and delete duplicates from giveaway entries and whatever. It occasionally gets my tbr under a 1000 books 😂"

I do the same Judith…sort it by rating and purge

[Jenny]

Sorting by rating? That is a brilliant idea. Although, If I bought the book, and others hated it, I still hope to give it a go. That would be a good way to get rid of titles that were free on Kindle or just on my wish list and not purchased yet.

[Michael]

You all just inspired me to go through mine and I just cut 70 books from the TBR. Some had been on there since 2013. 😂😂😂

[Melanie]

Sammy wrote: "I don't count a book as being on my TBR until I own a copy (I would add "or borrowed from the library", but my library is pants. They only have 15 audiobooks for starters! 😆).

So my goal every yea..."

I just create separate TBRs for stuff I own vs stuff I don't. The TBR for the books I don't own is pretty reasonable at 430 books (Want to Read shelf). But then there's the TBR for physical books I own which is sitting at 2037 (own-to-read) and the TBR for eBooks I own sitting at 821 (ebook-to-read).

I'm making myself feel better by splitting it into 3 TBRs so it doesn't look as bad.

[Tammie]

Jenny wrote: "Sorting by rating? That is a brilliant idea. Although, If I bought the book, and others hated it, I still hope to give it a go. That would be a good way to get rid of titles that were free on Kindl..."

Yes...I usually sort by rating...I don't necessarily delete everything, but this is my starting point for purging...especially if the book has lots of ratings.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Jenny wrote: "Sorting by rating? That is a brilliant idea. Although, If I bought the book, and others hated it, I still hope to give it a go. That would be a good way to get rid of titles that were free on Kindl..."

I find anything under 3.4 is pretty likely to be a dud 🤭