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Old 04-15-2008, 02:09 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by James Bryant View Post
My library contains 7000 paper books. When I travel I may be away for 3-6 weeks at a time, and I do not know what I may feel like reading while I am gone. Even more I do not know what I may want to look up in a book I'm not reading (and I've just realised that there should be a search engine in the firmware).

I presently do as you suggest, but loose SD cards are tiny and easily lost. Putting everything on a card, and the card in the book, is the way to go. (Even better would be an ebook with a 32,000 book [16 GB] internal memory.)

James - who needs an auto-handling book scanner to put his dead tree library into electronic form
It'd be nice if someone came up with a small carrying case for sd cards. Until then, they can be put into any number of little containers. Labeling them can also be a pain. Still, better than sorting through hundreds of pages to find a book.

I don't understand the need for 4000 books, not even in 6 weeks. Don't you have a laptop or something which could hold your excess books while you travel?

I'm not saying they shouldn't come up with a better way to navigate the library, I'm just saying that until they do, you're only making it hard on yourself by putting all those books on one card. There are other options.
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