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Originally Posted by robko
I think what Scion was trying to say is that the Kobo features (i.e. search/annotations) tend to come out first for the native Kobo books and then get updated to work on e-pubs. E-pubs do work fine on Kobo's.
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Sorry, I misread it - thanks for clarifying that.
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Originally Posted by SCION
Also, endnotes still appear to be problematic (with no explanation) in sideloaded books. Not aware if this has been fixed in the recent firmware updates. Thanks again. 
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They seem to be a problem on a lot of devices - I suspect it's the fault of the formatting rather than the device. TBH, it wouldn't be a dealbreaker for me, although it's nice to have.
Thanks to the other posters for pointing out the various features. I probably wouldn't use the RSS/Dropbox access, but nice to know it's there. The word checking I might well use, though.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Google, no, since they use the ePub format which the Kindle doesn't support, but Overdrive, yes, at least in the US where Overdrive are now supplying Kindle-format books.
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Exactly - they're not available in the UK and for some reason, there seems a reluctance to offer them in the UK, even though the Kindle accounts for the majority of ereaders sold, thanks to a very effective marketing campaign.
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Originally Posted by polly
That's how the computer will see the Sony, too. The adjustment is with Calibre. Go to Preferences/Saving Books to Disk. In the middle is the "Save template" text box. Calibre uses Python, so {} ]puts the variable in its own folder and / creates a subfolder. For example:
{tag}/{author_sort}/{title} - {authors}
should give you a top folder for the tag, with author folders inside the folder, and then each title in its own folder. With your reader attached to the computer, select Save to Disk and then navigate to your Cool-ER.
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Oh I see - I didn't really understand the meaning of those curly brackets, but this is now clear!
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Originally Posted by sonyreaderfan
The Sony T1 has a Overdrive app that lets you access its website and borrow and download, just like buying from the Sony or Kindle ebookstore from the device.
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UK libraries are set up the same way, it seems - the Sony can connect either directly or via a computer, and then the book is downloaded onto it. There was some talk at first about having access only through the libraries' own computers (in other words, the person would visit the library, go to a terminal, and download the book, which would defeat the whole purpose of 'remote borrowing', but thankfully reason prevailed.