eBook storage

lucille · 11-01-2009, 09:53 AM

I have a pile of free ebooks from various sources that I want to save long term. Most are old books that have been put online old cookbooks, old home ec books and old history books. I have seen some of these kind of resources exist one year and be gone the next so just bookmarking them isn't enough. Many come from universities that have the books online as part of department projects. I have seen too many of those go away as staff changes or funding dries up.

Places I have been getting them, uni websites, Gutenberg, Google Books, various other small sites.

I have concerns storing them on my laptop or PC since I have had catastrophic hard drive crashes before. Even our network attached storage drives were almost lost once due to a power surge that damaged equipment.

I had thought about cataloging them on CDrom and keeping a media cabinet of them. Another thought was to get a USB hard drive to store them on that could be unplugged when not in use. The CDs seemed a bit more portable than the portable hard drive. Is there an option I am missing completely?

rafa · 11-02-2009, 07:15 PM

www.getdropbox.com it's an online Storage space, they give you 2gb, you can upgrade for more, though I find the 2gb to be enough.
And then its a folder on your computer , where you just chuck in the files and they get uploaded to your dropbox. and you can access it from anywhere else. ( only access the dropbox, not your computer).

Hope that helps

. (that's what I use for my music notes that i write.

)

trustno1 · 11-04-2009, 01:00 AM

I just memorize them all...lol. jus kidd'n

I use the CD burning method you mentioned for all big downloads. It frees the HD space, and it creates a physical record to store. (I am too spaced out to "find" everything I store on a HD, I am not responsible enough to keep from losing small portable HD, and I do not trust the longevity of internet "file storage" sites), hehehe

But that's just me...

lucille · 11-04-2009, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trustno1

I just memorize them all...lol. jus kidd'n

I use the CD burning method you mentioned for all big downloads. It frees the HD space, and it creates a physical record to store. (I am too spaced out to "find" everything I store on a HD, I am not responsible enough to keep from losing small portable HD, and I do not trust the longevity of internet "file storage" sites), hehehe

But that's just me...

After having three internet storage sites go out of business on me I don't trust them either. I may end up with the CD storage method. It is protected from everything but fire and theft.

rosalyvera · 11-05-2009, 02:26 AM

Thanks for sharing. Good way!

11-01-2009, 09:53 AM	#1
lucille Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 673 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Reputation: (38)	eBook storage I have a pile of free ebooks from various sources that I want to save long term. Most are old books that have been put online old cookbooks, old home ec books and old history books. I have seen some of these kind of resources exist one year and be gone the next so just bookmarking them isn't enough. Many come from universities that have the books online as part of department projects. I have seen too many of those go away as staff changes or funding dries up. Places I have been getting them, uni websites, Gutenberg, Google Books, various other small sites. I have concerns storing them on my laptop or PC since I have had catastrophic hard drive crashes before. Even our network attached storage drives were almost lost once due to a power surge that damaged equipment. I had thought about cataloging them on CDrom and keeping a media cabinet of them. Another thought was to get a USB hard drive to store them on that could be unplugged when not in use. The CDs seemed a bit more portable than the portable hard drive. Is there an option I am missing completely? __________________ Dark Style Blog http://darkstyleblog.blogspot.com/

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trustno1 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rocky Mtns, Colorado, USA, Earth Posts: 266 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts Reputation: (26)	I just memorize them all...lol. jus kidd'n I use the CD burning method you mentioned for all big downloads. It frees the HD space, and it creates a physical record to store. (I am too spaced out to "find" everything I store on a HD, I am not responsible enough to keep from losing small portable HD, and I do not trust the longevity of internet "file storage" sites), hehehe But that's just me... __________________ "Think Less, Act More...Life is Short"

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11-02-2009, 07:15 PM	#2
rafa Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Australia, Sydney Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post Reputation: (12)	www.getdropbox.com it's an online Storage space, they give you 2gb, you can upgrade for more, though I find the 2gb to be enough. And then its a folder on your computer , where you just chuck in the files and they get uploaded to your dropbox. and you can access it from anywhere else. ( only access the dropbox, not your computer). Hope that helps . (that's what I use for my music notes that i write. )

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rosalyvera Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	Thanks for sharing. Good way!