I'm sure this has been discussed here before.  I need to decide between an external hard drive or online storage, to store all my title searches. I want easy access to a file when I need it. How's everyone storing their files? Some have told me external hard drives tend to crash and others have said they feel online storage is not secure.

And also, I've been dragging my feet about getting software like quick books.  Right now I'm using excel for all my needs, which works good enough but feel like I need to get with the program !  I'm sure some billing/accounting software would simplify the system.  Is everyone using/liking quick books?