The system I use to track my reading
Hollie wrote about wanting to keep track of reading. I almost exclusively read books I've bought from Kindle, but find the Kindle device worse than useless for organising and tracking.
I created a list in OmniOutliner on my Mac that tracks title, author, purchase date, cost, URL of all books, Kindle or not. When I finish a book I write a very brief blog post that I copy to my OO list and I check the book as Read.
Then I look at my list to see what I want to read next.
Sometimes I search my OO list when a book's offered at a special price to see if I already have it, have read others by the same author and liked them, or have abandoned or hated books by that author.
This system works very well for me.
Jessica Smith @Miraz Very organised! I do something similar but just in a Markdown file. I guess it's a little less convenient to update that way, so (especially recently) it depends how much enthusiasm I have to stay on top of it 😅
Miraz Jordan @jayeless LOL, the organisation came courtesy of the Kindle device being so blech for organising etc. Once upon a time I used to download Samples too then read / not read / abandon without deleting. I never knew what I wanted to read. Now I read samples online then buy or not and just let everything accumulate on the device while tracking externally.
Miraz Jordan @pratik That's great you have a system that suits you. Or rather, three systems. 😆
Miraz Jordan @pratik That's great you have a system that suits you. Or rather, three systems. 😆
Miraz Jordan @pratik That's great you have a system that suits you. Or rather, three systems. 😆