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cybmole · 04-13-2015, 05:31 AM

a couple more factoids
1. kobo -ereaders dont even run android, they are based on linux.
all e-reader that I own/have owned: kobo, sony, kindle.. impose their own library views and are locked down so that no non-geek can add/change behavior. those 3 make up 90+% of the e-reader market.
2. not all android tablets come with file manager software. e.g all of the kIndle fire range lack this - an app has to be sourced and installed.
3. apps that put books on shelves: i cite moon+ pro, alkido, mantano , kobo. there's 4 popular reader apps which do , and I'd suggest they collectively have 90%+ of the worldwide e-read apps sold for android market.

the point i tried to make earlier which got lost in the flames: it is trivial to replicate a windows folder structure on a device via USB. it is NOT trivial to suppress the behavior of reader apps which insist on ignoring that structure & presenting the books library in "their" preferred way. , as do all of those listed above.

the "counterexample" cited models: bookeen, Pocketbook.. are not available in my high street or at amazon.uk. there presumably is some reason why they have tiny market share and are not attractive to retailers: price/ quality/ features(lack of)..? I don't know, don't much care...

and please be careful with your generalisations:
e.g. "
It would be a pretty unintelligent manufacturer who built an Android eReader, or any Android device, but did not include some mechanism to find files stored on it. You could probably find an exception if you tried really hard, but they'd be very few and very short-lived.".
you can call Amazon unintelligent, if you wish to, but you can't really claim that their Kindle Fire devices are few in number or shortlived, and I assure you that mine came without a file manager.

04-13-2015, 05:31 AM	#37
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	a couple more factoids 1. kobo -ereaders dont even run android, they are based on linux. all e-reader that I own/have owned: kobo, sony, kindle.. impose their own library views and are locked down so that no non-geek can add/change behavior. those 3 make up 90+% of the e-reader market. 2. not all android tablets come with file manager software. e.g all of the kIndle fire range lack this - an app has to be sourced and installed. 3. apps that put books on shelves: i cite moon+ pro, alkido, mantano , kobo. there's 4 popular reader apps which do , and I'd suggest they collectively have 90%+ of the worldwide e-read apps sold for android market. the point i tried to make earlier which got lost in the flames: it is trivial to replicate a windows folder structure on a device via USB. it is NOT trivial to suppress the behavior of reader apps which insist on ignoring that structure & presenting the books library in "their" preferred way. , as do all of those listed above. the "counterexample" cited models: bookeen, Pocketbook.. are not available in my high street or at amazon.uk. there presumably is some reason why they have tiny market share and are not attractive to retailers: price/ quality/ features(lack of)..? I don't know, don't much care... and please be careful with your generalisations: e.g. " It would be a pretty unintelligent manufacturer who built an Android eReader, or any Android device, but did not include some mechanism to find files stored on it. You could probably find an exception if you tried really hard, but they'd be very few and very short-lived.". you can call Amazon unintelligent, if you wish to, but you can't really claim that their Kindle Fire devices are few in number or shortlived, and I assure you that mine came without a file manager. Last edited by cybmole; 04-13-2015 at 05:36 AM.