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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Your average ereader user has no idea what ADB even is, let alone how to load their books using it. The official method at the moment on Nooks, Kindles and Kobos is to use the USB transfer and no B&N employee would tell the customer otherwise. Plus, chances are the saleslady would have no idea what ADB is either.
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If I had a 32 GB Kobo or Tolino or PocketBook or Kindle or... I could hook it up to my computer via USB and transfer about 28 GBs of books (ePubs or .mobis) using Calibre. As far as I know the only modern eReader that would NOT be able to do that is the Nook GlowLight 4.
I don't even patch my Kobos any more (don't want the hassle and comparatively it's extremely easy). I'm sure not looking to hack a Nook and bypass Calibre just to use the space they
advertise as available. And if the extra memory is unusable (unless you jump through hoops to use it) why am I paying for it? (Well, actually I'm not.)
If the GL4 goes on sale for about $120, and I decide the screen and page buttons are worth it (I haven't seen one yet) I might buy one by convincing myself that it's a reasonably priced 7 GB eReader. Unlike some others here, I like Nook's firmware (except for the limited font sizes).