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Originally Posted by soilwork
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After reading your post, I realized that I don't understand what you need or want from the new device clearly.
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I want an Astak Pocket Pro. They're not available. I'm looking for what else is closest to filling the niche I'd already decided on before they vanished.
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From your previous posts, I got the impression that you don't use Calibre extensively but it seems that you use tag features of Calibre to organize books.
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I don't use Calibre. I have used it a bit; I liked the tagging very much, but not enough to put up with what I perceive as its drawbacks.
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I suggested syncing library across computers because I got the impression that you would like to do that from the following sentences.
I know it won't touche the files on the Reader; that's the problem. I can't download to the Reader at work, and then insert those titles into Calibre when I get home.
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I didn't understand the idea of using dropbox (or whatever) for synching; I'm not sure what needs to be synched. I go to work. On my lunch break, I visit Smashwords and download a new ebook. Load it on my reader & maybe my portable drive, maybe not. Go home. Finish new ebook; go to AO3 and look for new fanfic; load some onto reader. Take laptop to convention; friends mention hilarious blog post; copy it with comment threads into RTF file, save onto reader. (Ability to grab random content off the web & throw it on the reader easily is important to me. Which means I don't want to deal with anything that *only* does ePub, PDF and TXT. I get annoyed at having to make custom PDFs on the fly.)
The issue isn't how to manage my ebook collection; I'm doing okay with that. It's that any of the specific management programs that would allow them to be nicely sorted, tagged, and metadata'd don't work across several computers. (At least, not in a way that I understand. Since I can't get chapter breaks to work in Calibre, I'm not hopeful about my chances of being able to run it remotely.)
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About dropbox being 'uploading anywhere', since I am the only person who has access to the uploaded files as long as you don't save files in 'Public' folder, I don't see any problem but you may feel different.
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I'm paranoid. Do they have a privacy policy that says "we won't release your data to anyone without a court order?" Will they start selling advertising aimed at me, based on what I upload?
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However, given the connection speed and permission to install softwares, using Dropbox may not be very practical for you but it may worth a try. It seems like you have a quite complex situation with lots of constraints and hope you find the right solution.
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I'm sorting things out. I was looking for advice, not absolute answers, and I've gotten a lot of good things to think about. I'm a lot more confident about being able to find *something* I'll be happy with, if not the list of traits I'm specifically looking for right now.
Some reasons I don't want a PRS-350: I don't want to reward Sony for dropping what I consider their best product. I don't want to reinforce their belief that proper ePub support is irrelevant. And yeah, I'm willing to deal with less optimal features to avoid supporting a business I don't like; I don't shop at Walmart and don't buy Nestle-brand anything. I haven't decided if I'm that unhappy with Sony, but I'm definitely looking for something else.
I know I'm being picky. I've got time to decide, and lots of options; I'm probably not nearly as absolute as I'm coming across.