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firefoxxy · 11-30-2016, 01:21 PM

Hello!

My old Sony T1 is slowly dying, so now I'm looking for a good substitute. I hope you can help me decide which on would suit my wishes best. I have already picked out two devices but would be open to further suggestions. The two are: Tolino Vision 3HD and Kobo Glo HD (both about the same price, so no difference there).

Here are some things that I liked about my Sony and what I hope for in a new reader:

epub: My whole library are epubs, so Kindle isn't really an option because I don't want to convert all my books.
size: 6'' with lighting
downloading epubs from websites: what it says, mostly from archiveofourown
calibre plugboard: I use calibre to tag my books and the plugboard created collections based on the wordcount of the books. I would like to continue using this (or a similar) feature.
collections: I used to select the next book I wanted to read by browsing the Sony collections - but that's because I can't tell from the title what the content is - that's why the calibre metadata are important to me, as they appear as collections on my Sony and I can choose based on the book's tags. I'm searching for a reader that offers supports something like that.
last read: I had tweaked the Sony to show on the 'frontpage' the books that were recently read instead of those that were added last which was the original setting.

Even better would be an option to see the book's summary without having to actually open the book and look inside. (I heard the Kobo can show the summaries.)

I just got feedback from church mouse that the Tolino doesn't really offer what I want. Instead the Pocketbook (Touch HD, I think) was recommended to me, but at a fist glance it looks a bit 'chunky'. So it seems that the (now discontinued, but still available) Kobo Glo HD is my best choice - or can you recommend something else?

11-30-2016, 01:21 PM	#1
firefoxxy Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Libra 2	Tolino, Kobo or something else? Hello! My old Sony T1 is slowly dying, so now I'm looking for a good substitute. I hope you can help me decide which on would suit my wishes best. I have already picked out two devices but would be open to further suggestions. The two are: Tolino Vision 3HD and Kobo Glo HD (both about the same price, so no difference there). Here are some things that I liked about my Sony and what I hope for in a new reader: epub: My whole library are epubs, so Kindle isn't really an option because I don't want to convert all my books. size: 6'' with lighting downloading epubs from websites: what it says, mostly from archiveofourown calibre plugboard: I use calibre to tag my books and the plugboard created collections based on the wordcount of the books. I would like to continue using this (or a similar) feature. collections: I used to select the next book I wanted to read by browsing the Sony collections - but that's because I can't tell from the title what the content is - that's why the calibre metadata are important to me, as they appear as collections on my Sony and I can choose based on the book's tags. I'm searching for a reader that offers supports something like that. last read: I had tweaked the Sony to show on the 'frontpage' the books that were recently read instead of those that were added last which was the original setting. Even better would be an option to see the book's summary without having to actually open the book and look inside. (I heard the Kobo can show the summaries.) I just got feedback from church mouse that the Tolino doesn't really offer what I want. Instead the Pocketbook (Touch HD, I think) was recommended to me, but at a fist glance it looks a bit 'chunky'. So it seems that the (now discontinued, but still available) Kobo Glo HD is my best choice - or can you recommend something else?