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Originally Posted by pssquirrel
I occasionally trace the plot-line of a single character. I do this by searching for the character's name, thus the voluminous search results.
When I search on my Sony (or Calibre or Mantano), it takes me to the next search result starting from the point I started the search. If I'm in the middle of the book and search for Character X, it takes me to the next time he appears. Perfect. In Marvin and Bluefire Reader, it shows all the results starting from the beginning (similar to Kindle), but the results are easily scrollable so I can quickly navigate to the section of the book I'm working on and find the next reference. The Kindle, however, shows search results starting from the beginning of the book, and navigating beyond the first few pages is a painfully slow and tedious process.
Any suggestions on how such a search (which is easy on a Sony, Calibre, Marvin, Mantano, Bluefire Reader) might be accomplished on a Kindle?
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I guess you and I look for very different things--For me, I wouldn't want to see the
next reference to a character--I'd be too worried about spoilers. Usually if I'm searching on a character's name, it's to find out what the character has done in the book already.
That being said, X-ray may do what you're looking for, if the book has x-ray enabled. For instance, if I touch and hold the name of the main character of the book I'm currently reading, when I let up a box will pop up with options, one of which is X-Ray. There is a description of the character in the box when I choose X-Ray, and the option to "Open X-Ray". When I open X-Ray, I have the option to look at "Notable Clips", which only goes up to the point in the book I am currently at, or "All Mentions" which seems to go all the way to the end of the book.
If your book isn't X-Ray enabled, I believe that there's a way to build an X-Ray file for the book. I've never done this though, so I can't vouch for how helpful it is.
Shari