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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
3000 huge books? 3000 medium-sized books? Or 3000 tiny books?
There's too many variables to be speaking in such absolutes. Put as many books on it as you want, but when it starts acting weird... start removing some. Unless you like non-functional eReaders.  |
Well, Amazon says the Kindle will hold 3500 books, and so it's not unreasonable (after paying ~$400) to expect that it will also
perform adequately with 3000 books (assuming they are small enough to all fit).
In my case, the 2500 files are all small, one-page PDFs. This is not a size limitation; they fit on the Kindle easily (I can get 15,000 onto the DX). It's a COUNT limitation. I've spent several solid days trying to get around the MULTIPLE deficiencies (in my mind) of the Kindle software, to allow me to locate and display them in some sort of organized fashion. So far, the only method that still holds some promise is to combine the PDF files by airport (which reduces the number of files by a factor of five). That's not as convenient as just accessing the desired one quickly.
The PDF files are aviation charts, and removing some just doesn't fit into why I bought the Kindle, which is to hold one whole FAA release cycle of 15,000 charts. My Nook Color can hold, reference, and display 30,000 of them with ease (as can my 2-year-old Motorola Droid phone -- alas, the display is a bit small).
Note that this is just one use case. There are a number of people who are buying Kindles to hold a variety of reference materials, and a Kindle seems like an ideal choice. Certainly all the tablets (and many smartphones) can handle this task ...