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Janie Jones · 01-09-2012, 02:53 AM

Hello everybody.

I wonder if people here could give me a hand and guide me into this e-reading thing. I’m waiting to get my first ever e-reader (Sony PRS-T1) quite soon, and probably I shouldn’t begin a thread before having the device. But I can’t wait…

I'm possibly an atypical user, since I don’t expect to read primarily published e-books. As an editor I work with texts that are not yet published. I think I’ll continue to read books in print, since I have access to very good libraries and because Finnish is such a small language, there aren’t that many digital titles anyway, yet.

My job involves too much paper, though. Now I’m trying to reduce the amount of paper, and I also wish to find new tools for my trade in e-reading.

I chose the device based on price and reviews on such aspects as ability with text-pdf’s, annotations, and also the access to Internet (Wikipedia, certain dictionaries). After ordering I realised that T1 doesn’t read files in rtf or doc. I guess converting to other formats will have to do it for me. I also know already that there exists a programme called Calibre, I actually already converted a doc-file into epub once.

I’d really appreciate some more or less general or specific comments. I guess at least writers, editors, translators, academics and other people who process texts co-operatively share some needs with me. I might be totally ignorant on some interesting aspects, so illuminate the to me, please!

Then to my questions.

Annotations and exporting them

This is probably the most important part. An average manuscript goes to and fro between me and other people processing the text at least twice or thrice. There are many comments on margins, proofreading marks etc. Ideal for me would be to take notes on a Word document, so my partners could either read them in Word/OOffice or print them and then do their own changes in the same file. I guess I’ll have to get along with pdf’s, unless I root the device? Any practical stuff I should know about notes?

Pro’s and con’s of rooting (and what is rooting anyway?)

I’ve browsed both this board and the Sony Dev Corner, but I’m not familiar with the vocabulary (nor am I too tech savvy). So should I study this rooting thing to really benefit from the device in my work? Any rooting-for-dummies links or information is appreciated!

Language

I’ll probably get an answer to this when the reader arrives, but is there a Scandinavian keyboard setting available?

01-09-2012, 02:53 AM	#1
Janie Jones Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Finland Device: Sony Reader PRS-T1	Using a reader in co-operative text processing (editors, translators, academics?) Hello everybody. I wonder if people here could give me a hand and guide me into this e-reading thing. I’m waiting to get my first ever e-reader (Sony PRS-T1) quite soon, and probably I shouldn’t begin a thread before having the device. But I can’t wait… I'm possibly an atypical user, since I don’t expect to read primarily published e-books. As an editor I work with texts that are not yet published. I think I’ll continue to read books in print, since I have access to very good libraries and because Finnish is such a small language, there aren’t that many digital titles anyway, yet. My job involves too much paper, though. Now I’m trying to reduce the amount of paper, and I also wish to find new tools for my trade in e-reading. I chose the device based on price and reviews on such aspects as ability with text-pdf’s, annotations, and also the access to Internet (Wikipedia, certain dictionaries). After ordering I realised that T1 doesn’t read files in rtf or doc. I guess converting to other formats will have to do it for me. I also know already that there exists a programme called Calibre, I actually already converted a doc-file into epub once. I’d really appreciate some more or less general or specific comments. I guess at least writers, editors, translators, academics and other people who process texts co-operatively share some needs with me. I might be totally ignorant on some interesting aspects, so illuminate the to me, please! Then to my questions. Annotations and exporting them This is probably the most important part. An average manuscript goes to and fro between me and other people processing the text at least twice or thrice. There are many comments on margins, proofreading marks etc. Ideal for me would be to take notes on a Word document, so my partners could either read them in Word/OOffice or print them and then do their own changes in the same file. I guess I’ll have to get along with pdf’s, unless I root the device? Any practical stuff I should know about notes? Pro’s and con’s of rooting (and what is rooting anyway?) I’ve browsed both this board and the Sony Dev Corner, but I’m not familiar with the vocabulary (nor am I too tech savvy). So should I study this rooting thing to really benefit from the device in my work? Any rooting-for-dummies links or information is appreciated! Language I’ll probably get an answer to this when the reader arrives, but is there a Scandinavian keyboard setting available?