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Originally Posted by junior
I think that manage more than 200 ebooks/mp3/png on a device (cybook) that does not contain the search engine, much problem. <SNIP!>
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I would like to hear one really valid excuse for needing 500+ eBooks available at one time.
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Because that is the simplest way to use an ebook. At present limitations of indexing, search engines, card capacity, etc. may make other solutions more convenient, but in the long term , as the technology learns to produce what non-nerd readers require, one reader with
all your books is the ideal, with no need to worry about Kindle-type access or separate disks, tapes, cards or dongles to lose, index, protect from ESD, and worry about their interface durability.
Sensible readers will actually have two identical ones as protection against loss or damage.
Another convenience is that a big memory can also hold serious quantities of reference material which can be accessed when you don't have Internet access. Maps, dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances, biographies, etc. If you have a lively mind you never know when you may want to look something up. Granted that present technology makes finding things too difficult, but this is unlikely to last.
James - who presently has four ebooks, but not identical, though the same 100-odd basic books are in each of 'em