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SeaBookGuy · 10-27-2010, 10:55 AM

I use Windows, but Overdrive e-book service is Mac compatible.

No, changing the type size does not change the "page number" displayed. Prior models had the page number displayed as a tiny numeral next to the first line of the new page's text in the margin ("Jenny saw Brad fondling the gun, but she misunderstood 101 --> the situation entirely ....") Now one goes simply by the "101 - 102 of 200" below the text. I understand your question, but to me one still knows where one "is" in the book ("10%, just over 1/3, etc.).

Yes, you can check the book out again, as long as there are no holds on it by other patrons.

There is an internal clock, which I believe, you could reset to give yourself "extra time" to finish a book if necessary. I've never needed to do this.

One thing to bear in mind is that some books are only available in PDF (not Epub) format, which Sony handles better than the other compatible readers. For instance, I have one book that's a PDF in two columns! Sony offers a quadrant option to view top left/bottom left/top right/bottom right of each page in slightly magnified font by zooming. The others I understand have neither quadrants, nor zooming, so on a nook, it'd be either default tiny Small font, or medium, which would mess up the formatting.

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SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	I use Windows, but Overdrive e-book service is Mac compatible. No, changing the type size does not change the "page number" displayed. Prior models had the page number displayed as a tiny numeral next to the first line of the new page's text in the margin ("Jenny saw Brad fondling the gun, but she misunderstood 101 --> the situation entirely ....") Now one goes simply by the "101 - 102 of 200" below the text. I understand your question, but to me one still knows where one "is" in the book ("10%, just over 1/3, etc.). Yes, you can check the book out again, as long as there are no holds on it by other patrons. There is an internal clock, which I believe, you could reset to give yourself "extra time" to finish a book if necessary. I've never needed to do this. One thing to bear in mind is that some books are only available in PDF (not Epub) format, which Sony handles better than the other compatible readers. For instance, I have one book that's a PDF in two columns! Sony offers a quadrant option to view top left/bottom left/top right/bottom right of each page in slightly magnified font by zooming. The others I understand have neither quadrants, nor zooming, so on a nook, it'd be either default tiny Small font, or medium, which would mess up the formatting. Last edited by SeaBookGuy; 10-27-2010 at 12:59 PM.