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long-time ebook reader (fav device until my new STR was Nokia N800)
my beefs (some echoed here, one new?):
1. home page is DRM'd; no user control
2. list view too big; should be able to compact
3. cover view should offer at least two sizes (e.g., more books listed)
4. some instances of link-click will automagically initiate wifi, while others will not
which reminds me of a puzzler when first playing with my STR:
after purchase, then setup, three books appeared on my reader - i thought 'cool! free books just for buying!'
however, after setting up my microsd card, transferring ebooks to/from my 'puter, i could not find the books anywhere on the STR!
and then i remembered: a long time ago (two years?), when BN first released an OS X reader, i had registered and downloaded the .app and put several free books into my BN account...
by golly, those books were still there when i bought my STR and showed up during what i can only surmise was an initial 'sync' during registration of my device...
and of course [slap to the forehead] i couldn't delete them or find them internally on the 'Nook' partition because they were in the 'cloud'!
deleting the books at BN from my account removed the books from my Nook immediately upon a sync...
which spurs me to bring up this point:
i am not a big fan of DRM'd devices; the STR won me over on the external card, no real need for wifi, and long battery life - my biggest fear is getting a 'push from the cloud' with content that i don't want or that will hobble my device's functionality...
that said, even if the STR never gets an update, i'm still happy enough
and IMHO the calibre.app is the best accessory for this device
willie
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