Quote:
Originally Posted by meeera
It sounds like what you really need is a tablet device (or smartphone) with word processing software, not an ereader? Editing documents is not what ereaders are for.
|
I do ebook production for a publisher. I read a lot of short stories, and want to be able to update them--add chapter breaks, search-and-replace typos, etc. Sometimes I change the titles or authors in epub metadata. (Tablets aren't going to be any better about letting me edit epubs.)
Tablets aren't designed for reading word docs or HTML files as ebooks, and I really want the long battery life and small size.
The Sony PRS-505 and 600 work great for my needs, but they're larger than I like. I prefer a 5" screen and would like a faster processor than the older Sonys have. I was hoping the Kobo would be my new "working ereader," but it seems like it's not designed to allow that much editing of the internal files.
I can manage with version-number workarounds, but that starts to clutter the reader, and using the internal software to delete ebooks is a nuisance for several files at a time. The navigation is a nuisance for the dozens I have on it now; I can't imagine how it'd work with a few hundred.
Quote:
Originally Posted by davidfor
But, if you keep the book on the SD card, it is handled differently. In that case, the database details of the book are removed, but the book is not. In fact, the book is added to the database as a new book.
|
The Kobo Mini doesn't have an SD card slot. I'll keep it in mind in case I wind up with another Kobo reader.
Quote:
|
The book gets removed from the database and then added as a new book. This means you lose the reading position, shelves and bookmarks, but you don't lose the book.
|
I'd be perfectly happy with "any changes to the file means it's counted as a new book." I was just shocked to find the file deleted rather than updated or invisible to the Kobo.
Quote:
|
Recent firmware handles this better than older firmware.
|
How recent? I bought my Mini a few weeks ago.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DNSB
Given that you are not editing the file using the Kobo software,a couple of workarounds come to mind. The easiest is to start using version numbers in your file names.
|
I'll probably do this.
Quote:
|
The next choice would be to copy the file back to whatever device you are using for editing,
|
I was editing them in the Kobo--connect to the computer as USB drive, open the .rtf or .html file in an editor, make changes, save and close.
Quote:
|
Out of a possibly morbid curiosity, since you have copies of the "original files" on your Kobo, why did you say that you don't always have access to them? Again, versioning might be a good idea so you can tell quickly which is the "latest and greatest".
|
I'd meant that I don't have access to the files I'd copied to the Kobo; I have the one on the Kobo, which I may have edited since it got there. I bounce between a desktop and two laptops, and am used to using my ereader as portable ebook storage in addition to holding files I want to read.