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Old 12-28-2009, 06:02 PM   #1
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do ebook readers have this feature?
bookmarks

able to highlight

able to add own text in margin/or on same page
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Old 12-28-2009, 06:11 PM   #2
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Welcome to MobileRead, exo.

Here is our eboook reader matrix page, allowing you to compare different devices and their specs.....

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix
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Old 12-28-2009, 06:15 PM   #3
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Some readers have all of these features; the ones that I know of (there may be others as well) are: The Sony prs-600, sony prs-900, amazon kindle (but the text can only be added with the attached keyboard and not in your own handwriting with a stylus, as far as I know; I'm not sure how the bookmarking works on them); I believe that all of the irex models have this ability as well, but I'd have to check to make sure. I THINK the Nook and the i-river have these functions as well, but again I am not sure and they don't have stylus writing ability.

Hope this helps, for more information on specific readers you can check out the wiki pages (the link is at the top of the page) and looking under dedicated e-book devices.

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Old 12-28-2009, 10:38 PM   #4
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do i have to stick to a specific file format to have these features?
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Old 12-28-2009, 11:45 PM   #5
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Nope it is not related to the file format, rather it is based on what the ereaders abilities are.


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Old 12-29-2009, 01:21 AM   #6
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Nope it is not related to the file format, rather it is based on what the ereaders abilities are.


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would i lose my customizations in my ebooks if i move the files between devices?
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Old 12-29-2009, 07:35 PM   #8
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Old 12-30-2009, 03:04 AM   #9
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depends
If its a bookmark it would not transfer over. If you actually edited the file its self that would transfer between the ebook readers, but that would have to be done on your computer, not the ebook reader. An ebook reader just reads the file its self.

Does that make sense?

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Old 12-30-2009, 03:56 AM   #10
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Nope it is not related to the file format, rather it is based on what the ereaders abilities are.


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That is not entirely correct. Eg, the iRex devices permit you to annotate PDF files, but not Mobipocket.
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would i lose my customizations in my ebooks if i move the files between devices?
Between devices of different makes, yes, you would.
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Old 12-30-2009, 04:10 AM   #12
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Between devices of different makes, yes, you would.
Not universally true. Any two proper Mobipocket installations allow you to copy the .mbp file over with the .prc/.mobi file. That preserves the bookmarks, annotations, highlights, etc. I don't know if Kindle honors these, though. PC to PDA does, though.

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Old 12-30-2009, 06:10 PM   #14
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I do not have a ebook reader yet, is there any software solution for the computer where i can add notes/highlight/bookmarks etc for ebooks?

I am using ubuntu linux.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:36 PM   #15
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then what is the best ebook format (with respect to the question in the first post?)

I have a couple of epub ebooks but I can switch formats if it is inferior
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