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Originally Posted by ST-One
As I said, it would be nice if the Nook had an auto-create-shelves function like that.
The point is, it would require people to use PCs and some sort of library-programme - which isn't a problem or a big deal for any of us here but is actually something you think the average customers don't want to put up with (going by your comment about 'forced side-loading' [connecting to a PC] in one of the Pottermore-threads).
For the 'average customer' the simple (without PC and extra software) on-device handling of books is the best option. If you say it's better on your Sony than on the NookClassic I have to take your word for it, since I can't compare them.
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I don't like forced side-loading because I think customers should have
options.
With Sony you have the
option to take advantage of sideloading metadata. You can use it or not as the need arises. With the PRS+ overlay, you can also use folder browsing in place of metadata, which is my system for my PocketBook reader.
With the Nook, you don't have as many
options. You can't sideload metadata. You can't easily set up your shelves (because you can't drill to specific books, or even to "books that start with Z"). You can't back the shelves up. To my knowledge, the Nook has been locked down so thoroughly that you can't easily overlay something like PRS+ on it, though you CAN root the Simple Touch, so there's that.
I'm strongly in favor of customer options. What touched off this ENTIRE shelves debate was me saying I didn't understand why Nook/Kobo didn't provide more shelving options a la Sony. You took exception to that and decided to argue that if you
don't use some of the Sony options then
those options stop existing. Or something. Frankly, I can't follow the logic there.
Sony has multiple options when it comes to shelving data. The Nook -- as far as I know -- has one. If that ONE is great for you, then lovely. But if it's not, then it's a real pain in the @$$ for the consumer.
I'm not going to argue how many people will / won't use the other options because it's not relevant to the fact that one device has it and the other doesn't. Period. That's all. You're the one who wants to make it into a huge "NOOK VS SONY" smackdown when all I was doing was musing over how odd I thought it was that Nook/Kobo hadn't cottoned on to the fact that a lot of folks round these parts like their metadata.
