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Originally Posted by jusmee
I would have thought a ereader was designed to read books and to make money for the designers by being better at that task than the competition's offerings.  |
Well, tell Sony that - they've spent years being awful at it. The didn't even really HAVE collections for a while. Between that and the LRX format...
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Originally Posted by Bookripper
Well,
To start with, Kobo brags about the possibility of a 30.000 book-LIBRARY. *NOT a 30.000 book-CHAOTIC MESS.
maybe if everybody made more complaints instead of just adapting to the system, the developers would actually change something.
I currently am in Belgium, there is no place where I can test the Kobo, I have to order it online.
The specs on the kobo website also give no indication about how the interface works.
My posts are not meant for the happy Ipad flock, who take everything as it comes and never see reason to be critical.
Kobo advertises a big library, I expect one. * Not to turn a sorted and sequenced library in a pile of unsorted crap. *
I dont care if the side loading is more a bonus than anything, they should make it work proper, period.
Anyway *I'm asking my vendor for a refund as we speak.
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And Kobo (and most other reader sellers who own ebook stores) talk about the MAXIMUM CAPACITY of the device 32000 books based on 1MB per book maximum, when using a 32GB MicroSD card. Just like Apple and their iPod advertising, that's the maximum amount of capacity for your library. This doesn't mean the library functions are there; certainly iPod Touch devices didn't get on-device playlist management until iOS 5 or so. Didn't stop them from selling like hotcakes.
Seriously - if you'd taken five minutes to go to their website (see
here, you'll notice the lack of folder support. They describe shelves - aka 'Collections' for the Sony PRS readers, and similar systems for the Kindle. And given that you knew how to find this place, a few minutes of reading (which I'd expect a person into eReaders to do) would've saved you the bother of going out to buy it.
As for their 'not saying', I'd have to say this is pretty clear about what they DO support:
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Sort your eBooks alphabetically, by title, or by author name just as you would a physical bookshelf (sorry, colour coordinating isn’t available on the Kobo Glo). Plus, it’s super easy to keep track of your faves with large cover images, multiple views, and custom lists.
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Note the 'sort by alphabet, title, or author name' and 'custom lists'. Nothing about 'sorting by folder'. Most bookstore-affiliated readers do not sort by folders, since they're designed to sell books that their online bookstores sell (although Kobo really needs to up their on-device bookstore; Kindle's store is quite easy to use, as compared to having to explicitly 'search' on the Kobo).
Besides, if you've been through the forums and read a bit, you'll probably realize others have asked for better sorting options, and have offered criticism of various issues which Kobo has at least acknowledged (and then fixed) in some cases. Say... the Vox's lack of Play Store support, or on-device management of Shelves. Still, for your purposes, I'd have suggested a Pocketbook, a Bookeen, or another device which isn't tied to a single bookstore.