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Originally Posted by grissley
Thank you all for your answers 
Yep, very interested. Maybe not even in making annotations, it's rather about highlighting/bookmarking the text.
It's been a time I cannot leave (ok - read) without a highlighter. And I just really need an electronic equivalent for my yellow highlighter  |
grissley, here is my opinion of highlighting and bookmarks.
Bookmarks are equally easy to set on both models. Double-click the upper right corner on the Sony touch screen. There is a Kindle keyboard shortcut (Alt +B).
Highlighting: On the Sony you just trace the words on the touchscreen with your fingertip just like you would with a highlighter. On the Kindle you have to use the joystick to move the cursor around on the screen and select text. I like the Sony method because it’s easy, but the Kindle method isn’t as much of a pain as it sounds.
Viewing the highlights on the ereader: Both models are about equal. You have to go through menu clicks on both.
The real difference is how you view annotations away from the ereader. Here is what I mean:
Sony: You can view the annotations in your book within the Sony Reader Library desktop software. You can even add annotations on your computer and then sync them with the ones on your ereader. You can also export your annotations from the Sony Reader software to an RTF file. However, on a DRM-protected book, it only exports 100 characters of your highlight to the RTF file for copyright reasons. 100 characters is not a lot of text! So sometimes I have to edit the file to add the rest of the quote that I want to capture or highlight in smaller blocks.
Kindle: The Kindle doesn’t have desktop software to view your annotations on your computer. Instead you can upload them to your Amazon account where you can view them anytime/anywhere. Whereas Sony exports your annotations to a separate file for each book, Kindle exports all annotations into a single file for all books. So if you read multiple books, then this file can get messy. On the other hand, the Kindle file saves more than 100 characters. The Kindle limits you to highlighting a percentage of the book, and it varies by each book because it is set by the publisher. So if you highlight loads of data, then you might reach this percentage before you get to the end of the book.
And that’s why I said that the two models are about equal because they both have their pros & cons.