06-22-2009, 01:27 PM | #1 |
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Text Search is Important
Hey thar
I'm in the market for a reader, and the ability to search text within an ebook is of great importance to me. It would be a BONUS if it could search ACROSS my library, as well. I am totally comfortable with hacking / installing new firmware / all that stuff, so I dont necessarily need this functionality direct from the manufacturer (i'm looking at you, OpenInkpot). What should I get / do? Thanks for the help! Alex Davis Last edited by randomyzed; 06-22-2009 at 01:40 PM. |
06-22-2009, 01:38 PM | #2 |
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The only reader that can search across all its ebooks is the Kindle. The Kindle 1 and 2 don't support PDF directly (they get converted to MOBI off-line), but that has the advantage that the converted PDFs are included in the search. The larger Kindle DX supports PDFs natively, but their text is not included in the device-wide search.
So far as I know, most devices support search within the current ebook. OpenInkPot (FBReader) certainly does, but not for PDFs. |
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06-22-2009, 08:00 PM | #3 |
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The jetBook does search within an ebook. I don't think it will search all ebooks at once.
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