Do you put your books on the main memory or the card? - Page 2

Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-12-2011, 10:58 AM

External cards. Lots more space. I've never noticed an access problem with anything except movies when using an external card on some devices.

shootingMaNs · 02-12-2011, 11:52 AM

Main memory for my books, and a 2 GB SD card for music.

gtriever · 02-12-2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Boston

Interesting...I always kept my books on the SD card because it was removable. I just moved them all to the internal memory to improve battery life/speed.

If you have to do a reset, can't you first copy your books to your PC? Otherwise, I may rethink this

Not if you can't get to them; I've already experienced one non-booting device... (I back all my books up to PC when I purchase them, but don't keep all of them on my ereader.)

AndrewH · 02-12-2011, 01:12 PM

I used to keep all my books on an SD card, but it drained the battery quickly and significantly slowed down my ereader. Now I keep about two dozen books in the ereader's internal memory.

Quexos · 02-12-2011, 03:39 PM

I got, I don't know, 1.5 or 2 GB of inner memory in my PRS 650 (right ?)
It's more than enough for just ebooks. So I shouldn't be getting an external card any time soon.

SeaBookGuy · 02-12-2011, 04:17 PM

I use the 1 Gb micro card that came with my new mobile phone (where I'll never be using it) - I doubt I would've gone out and bought a card just for my e-reader itself.

cfrizz · 02-12-2011, 08:12 PM

I use my sd card more for backup, I use the internal memory of my Sony for a good lot of my books. I have deleted some that I knew I was unlikely going to read again. But those get replaced by new books. But I still have plenty of memory left so I'm not worried.

ardeegee · 02-13-2011, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Roos

On all my 4 readers, i put all books in external SD cards, never on main memory. The times you can write/remove files to any flash kind memory is limited

Currently rated at around 100,000 erase/rewrite cycles. If you erased and replaced books from the same memory blocks once a day, every day, it would take you over 270 years to hit that number. Or, just for the sake of argument, let's say that 100,000 cycles number is overly optimistic by an order of magnitude-- that means you are left with "only" 27 years of daily rewrites.

EricLandes · 02-13-2011, 07:55 PM

Books I've purchased that are sync'd from the "cloud" go in main memory, anything side-loaded goes on the SD card.

astra · 02-14-2011, 07:59 AM

On all of my three ebook readers I have been using internal memory only.

Ravensknight · 02-14-2011, 08:34 AM

Internal memory only for me. I only keep about 80 books, +-, in it at a time, my TBR pile, so I have plenty of room and they are still in Calibre if my 505 dies. And if my 505 dies, I have bigger worries than being concerned about having to re-transfer books to a new reader.

boxcorner · 02-14-2011, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by sabredog

I just use internal memory. It is simple to load ebooks or remove them via Calibre.

Likewise, with my Sony PRS-650 - I haven't needed to use either of its two card slots. If I decide to buy any books then I might use the external memory, but meanwhile I just read free books.

CyGuy · 02-14-2011, 10:36 AM

External SD card only for me. I need to be able to swap content between devices painlessly.

Parx · 02-15-2011, 02:04 PM

It is interesting to see all the responses. I usually keep mine on my SDHC card or on the MS Pro Duo card (though I guess I have yet to really put any on those). I am curious as to how much of a delay accessing books on a SDHC card would have as opposed to solid state memory (main memory) if the SDHC is at least a class 6 or above...since those cards have sufficient speed for high definition video; not to mention the average epub file is approx 500kb or so.

With regards to battery life, has anyone been able to see a quantifiable difference between the SDHC storage and main memory storage (e.g.: several days/pages fewer of battery life on external storage media)?

sakura-panda · 02-16-2011, 10:29 AM

I store all of my books on a USB drive and I transfer them to the internal memory for reading. I do not use the external memory card slots.

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02-12-2011, 10:58 AM	#16
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	External cards. Lots more space. I've never noticed an access problem with anything except movies when using an external card on some devices.

02-12-2011, 11:52 AM	#17
shootingMaNs later... Posts: 199 Karma: 2832520 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Endicott, NY Device: Sony PRS-600, iRiver Story HD, Nook Color Kobo Libra H2O	Main memory for my books, and a 2 GB SD card for music.

02-12-2011, 01:12 PM	#19
AndrewH Fanatic Posts: 553 Karma: 1234566 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver, WA Device: Sony PRS-T1, & Kobo Mini	I used to keep all my books on an SD card, but it drained the battery quickly and significantly slowed down my ereader. Now I keep about two dozen books in the ereader's internal memory.

02-12-2011, 03:39 PM	#20
Quexos Member Retired Posts: 1,999 Karma: 11348924 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Limbo Device: none	I got, I don't know, 1.5 or 2 GB of inner memory in my PRS 650 (right ?) It's more than enough for just ebooks. So I shouldn't be getting an external card any time soon.

02-12-2011, 04:17 PM	#21
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,015 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	I use the 1 Gb micro card that came with my new mobile phone (where I'll never be using it) - I doubt I would've gone out and bought a card just for my e-reader itself.

02-12-2011, 08:12 PM	#22
cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 34583358 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	I use my sd card more for backup, I use the internal memory of my Sony for a good lot of my books. I have deleted some that I knew I was unlikely going to read again. But those get replaced by new books. But I still have plenty of memory left so I'm not worried.

02-13-2011, 07:55 PM	#24
EricLandes Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 8282 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle PW, Kobo Aura HD, Galaxy Note 10.1	Books I've purchased that are sync'd from the "cloud" go in main memory, anything side-loaded goes on the SD card.

02-14-2011, 07:59 AM	#25
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	On all of my three ebook readers I have been using internal memory only.

02-14-2011, 08:34 AM	#26
Ravensknight Serpent Rider Posts: 1,123 Karma: 10219804 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony 350; Nook STR; Oasis	Internal memory only for me. I only keep about 80 books, +-, in it at a time, my TBR pile, so I have plenty of room and they are still in Calibre if my 505 dies. And if my 505 dies, I have bigger worries than being concerned about having to re-transfer books to a new reader.

02-14-2011, 10:36 AM	#28
CyGuy Avid Reader Posts: 769 Karma: 7777778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: PocketBook 902, Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, ASUS TF700, and Cybook Gen III	External SD card only for me. I need to be able to swap content between devices painlessly.

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02-15-2011, 02:04 PM	#29
Parx Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Austin, Texas Device: Sony PRS-950; Nook; and iPad.	It is interesting to see all the responses. I usually keep mine on my SDHC card or on the MS Pro Duo card (though I guess I have yet to really put any on those). I am curious as to how much of a delay accessing books on a SDHC card would have as opposed to solid state memory (main memory) if the SDHC is at least a class 6 or above...since those cards have sufficient speed for high definition video; not to mention the average epub file is approx 500kb or so. With regards to battery life, has anyone been able to see a quantifiable difference between the SDHC storage and main memory storage (e.g.: several days/pages fewer of battery life on external storage media)?

02-16-2011, 10:29 AM	#30
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 923 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: 2017 10.5" iPad Pro (Kobo, NOOK, Kindle, Google Play Books & Scribd)	I store all of my books on a USB drive and I transfer them to the internal memory for reading. I do not use the external memory card slots.