Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
You are saying manufacturers should have a standard. Why would they want to? Why should they? Then there would be no reason for most people to stay in that garden. With the exception of here and other specialized forums most people use their devices straight out of the box and do not give a thought to highlights or any other form of creative content. On ereaders specifically, they buy them to read books on. Nothing else. If I remember correctly, I think it was determined than less than 10% of ereader owners format shifted. (Again that estimate may be way high.) I don't feel like forum searching for that data.
Now how do I do what? Bake a cake? Make a vase? Make a blanket? Decorate a pillowcase? Cook dinner? Wash the dishes? Read a book? Highlight a book?
Sorry, you asked a crafter and domestic engineer a vague question. I did know what you meant. Since, you decided to talk about everything in your post that was unrelated to highlights and format shifting, I shall answer in the same manner.
To bake a cake, I use a recipe from either my card files, my cookbooks (physical and e-books) or the internet. Several different formats there. I also use a variety of pans depending on how big the cake is or the design I need or want. Then I either use my big oven or my small oven, depending on the season and the size of the cake.
To make a vase, I was into plastic canvas at the time so I used plastic canvas, yarn and gems. Pattern out of a book. Now the pattern stayed the same, but the colors and gems changed to fit the person's decor. I don't have any of those vases left as they all went to other people.
To make a blanket, I crochet. I have also done pot holders. Blankets are made with cheap acrylic yarn and pot holders from cotton. Various sizes of hooks and plys of yarn.
Decorating a pillowcase: I embroider them using a variety of stitches and flosses. I have also decorated a tablecloth with embroidery yarn, beads and clear thread. Most of these are also in other homes.
Cooking dinner, I use a variety of foods, recipes (see baking a cake), pots, pans and small appliances depending on what fits my needs that day.
Oh I do my dishes by hand. The pans are soaking as I type this, everything else is air drying.
Reading books: where am I and what do I want to read. Classics are mostly on the Kobo, a bit of everything is on my basic non-touch kindle, if I want audio I use the basic touch model (older as the home button broke), cookbooks are on the kindle, kindle fire and my tablet, manuals are all on the tablet. For outside reading, I prefer an ereader or paper, for living room reading, anything will do, for bathroom reading I prefer paper books so I don't drown another ereader (yes I know I could get an H2O). I like reading in the bathtub. Now for most craft books (plastic canvas and cross stitch) give me a paper copy any day of the week.
Now I will tell you a little secret, I'm cheap so most of the ebooks were free anyway. Except for a very few books, nearly all my books and cookbooks were under $3. Most were $1 or less.
If I need to highlight an ebook, I will put it on my computer and copy and paste to word. Then I can put it where I need it, but it is rare I need to highlight.
Now if I am proofreading a book, I do tend to want a doc or txt file.
I get my books from various sources and unless it is Amazon or Kobo, the places usually have multiple formats. And since I am cheap, I usually don't pay for my reading books or at most $1.99. Since I doubt I will read most of them more than once I just pick it up wherever it is handiest. I prefer my basic non-touch kindle so I usually buy from Amazon.
No need to use Calibre or any other shifter.
As to your people like to see the content they have created across their devices, I would love to know how you arrived at this conclusion. Scientific studies, polls, surveys or something else. Personally, I have created a ton of stuff but 90% of it went elsewhere. As to all my college papers, they all eventually wound up in the trash.
Oh and PS, I have either 2 or three ereader apps on my tablet (but not kindle or kobo). I see no need for those two on my tablet. I mostly just read for entertainment on my ereaders so like at least 90% of the people, highlighting across gardens is a non-issue.
And I really don't want my habaneros next to my bell peppers. (Cross pollination)
Anyway, nice talking to you, now my dishes should be dry and I can finish cleaning the kitchen.
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