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Originally Posted by HarryT
The limiting factor with large libraries tends to be the management aspect of it: how easy is it to find what you're looking for. What makes the T68 good for large libraries is the fact that it's a generic Android device which can run Calibre Companion, a superb library management tool.
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- The main limiting factor, I think, is that some readers simply choke on large number of books, because they need to index the library. Kindle is an example of such reader.
- The problem number two is that some readers do not support hierarchical directories. Some, like Kindle, do have kind of Collections system, but the official way of organizing collection [manually put every book to collection through slow user interface on the device] is unsuitable for large number of books.
Those two factors are strong reasons for not supporting an SD card.
The Calibre Companion is a fantastic tool.
What I do is:
- I tag all the books I want to put on my reader in Calibre.
- I set up a "save to disk" template that creates a set of hierarchical directories /First letter of author name/author name/[optional series subdirectory]/[optional series number with leading zero]book_file
That way I do not have to page through many pages of directory list
- I use "save to disk" in Calibre for tagged books
- I use "Create catalog" for tagged books in Calibre and put the nicely hyperlinked [large] catalog book on the reader. When I am looking for something to read I go through the catalog and then manually locate the book. PocketBook even has "breadcrumb" directory path displayed in the library, so you can easily page up two, three or four directory levels in library - further limiting paging.
- This is not nearly as elegant as Calibre Companion, but it works reasonably well even for a large library of reference materials, or a huge library of classics or fan-fiction, or whatever you wish to put on your huge SD card. Just in case you get stuck somewhere, or wish to read something unexpected.