PRS-600 Question about Book in progress History

Dejavus · 02-09-2011, 06:14 AM

Hi All,

I have a new PRS600 and coming from a Galaxy tab, I am not quite happy so far with how this device handle it content.

First of all, I can be reading multiple books in the Aldiko app and I ll be able to go back to any of them as they appear like a list on top of the shelf and by simply clicking on the cover takes me directly to the last page I was, I have noticed I can only have a last book on the sony which requires me to search again for any other book in progress, Its annoying as I can have up to 3 in progress at the same time.

second is the way page transit to another page, in aldiko, the whole page slides off and another slides in but this always transit like the page dissolves or something...

Any tips on these issues.

Thanks in advance.

elcreative · 02-09-2011, 08:44 AM

Unless you can change the way eInk works and/or the laws of ohysics then page turns work the way they do because that's the way they work... eInk doesn't go with video speed rewrites, it's doing one thing (and doing it very well) and that's emulating paper... your page sliding in aldiko requires multiple screen updates as it's a moving image. If you want pretty page emulations etc then you go with LCD and short battery life, if you want to read books on a near-paper screen then eInk, and long battery life...

Dejavus · 02-09-2011, 09:24 AM

I have come to realise that..thanks for the info.

Pinecone · 02-11-2011, 12:28 PM

You could set up a separate collection for the books you are reading. The Sony does keep the last page read for each book you are reading/have read.

Call the collection %%Reading or like that, so it sorts to the top of the list.

So to change books, Home -> Collections -> %%Reading -> Select Book.

The 650 shows 3 books on the home page, and there is a utility in this forum to set whcih 3 books show up.

mcrmama · 02-11-2011, 06:26 PM

From someone elses recommendation here you can set a bookmark when you are reading. Then if you go into notes from the main screen you will see a list of all the bookmarks and you can jump to the book you want. It works quite well.

02-09-2011, 06:14 AM	#1
Dejavus Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Sony Reader PRS600	Question about Book in progress History Hi All, I have a new PRS600 and coming from a Galaxy tab, I am not quite happy so far with how this device handle it content. First of all, I can be reading multiple books in the Aldiko app and I ll be able to go back to any of them as they appear like a list on top of the shelf and by simply clicking on the cover takes me directly to the last page I was, I have noticed I can only have a last book on the sony which requires me to search again for any other book in progress, Its annoying as I can have up to 3 in progress at the same time. second is the way page transit to another page, in aldiko, the whole page slides off and another slides in but this always transit like the page dissolves or something... Any tips on these issues. Thanks in advance.

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02-09-2011, 08:44 AM	#2
elcreative Wizard Posts: 2,888 Karma: 5875940 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: PRS505, 600, 350, 650, Nexus 7, Note III, iPad 4 etc	Unless you can change the way eInk works and/or the laws of ohysics then page turns work the way they do because that's the way they work... eInk doesn't go with video speed rewrites, it's doing one thing (and doing it very well) and that's emulating paper... your page sliding in aldiko requires multiple screen updates as it's a moving image. If you want pretty page emulations etc then you go with LCD and short battery life, if you want to read books on a near-paper screen then eInk, and long battery life...

02-09-2011, 09:24 AM	#3
Dejavus Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Sony Reader PRS600	I have come to realise that..thanks for the info.

02-11-2011, 12:28 PM	#4
Pinecone Guru Posts: 902 Karma: 1660722 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland Device: PRS-650, PRS-600, PRS-350	You could set up a separate collection for the books you are reading. The Sony does keep the last page read for each book you are reading/have read. Call the collection %%Reading or like that, so it sorts to the top of the list. So to change books, Home -> Collections -> %%Reading -> Select Book. The 650 shows 3 books on the home page, and there is a utility in this forum to set whcih 3 books show up.

02-11-2011, 06:26 PM	#5
mcrmama Addict Posts: 239 Karma: 16806 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo Aura One	From someone elses recommendation here you can set a bookmark when you are reading. Then if you go into notes from the main screen you will see a list of all the bookmarks and you can jump to the book you want. It works quite well.

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