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Originally Posted by cd2013
OP, how would you manage your collections with PW4?
Have you thought of an Onyx or similar Android-based eink ereader, that can run Calibre Companion? I am looking into them but I'm not convinced by the startup time, which can be long on some of these devices. But then they can be left in standby for days, so maybe not a huge deal.
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Sorry for my delay in response, as I've been away for several days. From what I've read from browsing the forums here, an Android-based eink reader wouldn't be what I'd want, mainly because of shortened battery life. But also because those systems apparently just aren't as good as either the Kindle's or Kobo's interfaces.
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Originally Posted by cd2013
Or, alternatively, have you thought of having Calibre Companion on a phone, and then something like a Kobo as the main reader? This should allow you to browse search etc on your phone and, once you have identified the book you want to read, you'll easily find it on your Kobo. This of course assumes the Kobo is synced to your library.
I understand that Calibre companion supports hierarchies up to the 2nd level: http://cc_faq.multipie.co.uk/index.p...=86&artlang=en
and that Kobo shelves can be created based on any column of your choice:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...nd_Collections |
I didn't know about Calibre Companion until you mentioned it. But I looked it up and it appears it requires a cloud system and constant internet connection. That would also defeat the purpose for me. I spend a fair bit of time outside of internet range, including a fair bit of my reading time. Using Calibre on my computer is great for that (my books are always there, and I have a backup on an external hdd). Relying on a cloud service would simply lose too much functionality for me. If, on the other hand, I could put my entire calibre library on my phone (for example, on an external SD card with sufficient memory) and then use the Calibre Companion that way, it could be very functional for me in terms of browsing my library. But from what I read about CC it only works through the cloud and a constant connection through your computer, right? Or is there a way to set things up so that I can be offline on my phone and still browse my Calibre library easily that way?
Thanks for your help!
And by the way, I went ahead and ordered a Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2. People sold me on Kobo's framework and better importing of Calibre data (turning some tags into collections), and I really liked the idea of diminishing blue light for reading in the dark (which is one of the main times I read), as well as being off of Amazon's system and the dumb ads and things like that. I found the Kobo H2O 2 in a "new-in-box" sale on ebay and got the winning bid. Significantly more than I wanted to pay overall for a new ereader, but still a large discount from the standard price of the new Kobo from Wal-mart and I hope the new features and storage space etc. will prove worth the extra cost. I just hope the battery life is really long (my current PW1 is down to maybe 2-3 hours of reading tops!) and that the screen doesn't break easily (I've never broken an ereader screen before but a lot of listings for Kobos had broken screens, so I hope that's not a common issue).
Anyway, I again want to thank everyone here for the input! I may not have gotten exactly what I wanted for the price I wanted to pay, but I hope I did the best I could within the range of possibilities. Thanks everyone!