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Old 03-04-2019, 09:00 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
That is the downside to the eInk readers, none of them are particularly good at library management. They all seem to assume that you will only have a handful of books on the device at a time. That's the advantage of having the Calibre/Calibre Companion/reading program set up. Using collections can help.
I think one of the big obstacles with library management is the inconsistent metadata in the books - it's as if publishers are hiring trainees to create epubs and no one is checking their work. This makes it difficult for any reading software to offer useful management features.

As you suggest, it's up to the individual to use Calibre and similar software to sanitise metadata (etc.) to make their e-readers work with large numbers of books.
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