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Originally Posted by SF&F Reader
1. Fix the page turn 'freeze until second tap' causing a double turn.
2. Collections, folders, tags, whatever.
3. Support for multi-level TOC's and/or fix hyperlink functionality.
4. Notes and highlighting in epubs.
5. The ability to zoom in on illustrations in epubs (and kepubs).
6. Word search in books.
7. Options for first line indent (right now I fix my sideloaded books with css).
8. An option to sleep with the text from the last page accessed still displayed. The space for the menu bar could be used to notify that the device is in 'sleep' mode. This way you can easily leave it on a page with a recipe while cooking or something.
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WAIT!!!!! Point number 6!
Are you implying the Kobo Touch doesn't have a word search function in ebooks? This can't be true, can it?
The single most often used feature while recently reading "A Dance With Dragons" was searching. There is absolutely NO way I can remember a gazillion characters, and the glossary is nowhere near putting such information into context. Here's what I did(probably a hundred times or so):
1 - Tap on a character's name as it pops up later in the book(books)
2 - Tap on "find Previous", for example in the case of "Cersei" just to familiarize myself with whatever she was doing(or getting done to) last.
3 - Tap on "find first", for example in the case of "Hotah" to go back and see who the heck that guy was.
4 - Tap on "find next" a couple of times to get a better idea - from the context - of who "Hotah" was again.
5 - Tap on "go back" to get back to the place you started the search. There is absolutely no bookmarking involved.
6 - In case I tap a word that is contained in the selected dictionary, a fifth button. "look up" appears automatically.
A decent word search was THE great selling point for ereaders to some of my friends when I proudly demonstrated it four or five YEARS AGO on merged versions of "The Wheel of Time" or "The Sword of Truth".
The "look up" function, IMO, wasn't even such an important feature in the past, but nowadays authors seem to be getting ever more enthusiastic with the inline thesaurus of their word processors. It's kinda obnoxious. If you don't believe me, take a look at what New York Times readers are looking up!
http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2011...e-fancy-words/
My ancient EBW1150 still gives me about 7-8 hours of reading on a charge, but it's got a growing blue spot on the display! It's still just the size a squashed mosquito(used to have those sometimes with paper books), but its growing!
I thought I could stick it out until the European release of the Kobo in August, but now? An ereader without a search? Likely to cost €139 equaling $200!
PLEASE tell me it ain't so, PLEASE!!