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Originally Posted by twenty5th_night
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How painful is it to switch to the Kindle ecosystem? I've got a lot of files sorted with Calibre into collections/shelves, is there an equivalent system with the Paperwhite, say, and is it relatively straightforward? Can I still use Calibre to sort things?
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No. The ease with which you sort files with Calibre into collections/shelves will be a thing of the past if you switch to Kindle.
As for your slowness with "over 1,000" books....you may have a "bad" file. I have a Kobo Mini with over 3,000 books that is never slow. On the other hand, I had given my young daughter my old Kobo Glo, with like 15 books on it, and the battery drain was terrible. I took a few off (which have large image files in them) and it is fine, now. No more extreme battery drain or freezing.
I personally go over every file with Calibre "Edit book" to make sure it is not full of errors before I put it on my Kobo(s). (I didn't do that with the books mentioned above).
OTOH I do not worry at all if it is full of errors before putting it on my Kindle Voyage. The file may not look "right" to me (I am picky) but the Kindle won't choke on it. Due to the inability to use Calibre to sort and organize on my Kindle, I only have around 600 books on the Kindle. The "search" function is very good, for the most part. Kindles are also durable. You can't go wrong with a Paperwhite 3.
Since you are a Kobo user, wait and see what they produce this fall. I am looking forward to the new 6", hoping it is waterproof and durable. (I also dropped and broke my Kobo Aura, which was in a case...sad day).