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jwajr · 06-16-2022, 10:36 AM

I have tried, TRIED real hard, to continue using my paperwhite. I even bought the latest signature paperwhite, and loved the speed and everything about it. And then . . . Amazon started the tinkering. I have reset my device twice due to "duplicate" books showing up . . . not really duplicates, but one shows up downloaded, and the other doesn't. Then if I click on the wrong one it downloads again. I have issues downloading my large library (Yes, I like having all my books on my devices . . . why shouldn't I??) I can't stand the utterly sloppy metadata and not really being able to control it. I can't stand that Amazon STILL gives no control over whether you want books indexed or not. I can't stand that random books will sometimes get re-indexed, sometimes getting hung up and then causing the battery life to rapidly go down. I can't stand the home screen. And WHY, WHY have they never made improvements to the PC version, to where at least collections you create in other environments carry over. And on the PC, there are bugs downloading the ebooks . . . can only download so many before it just closes out.

Amazon needs to test their software on large libraries, not just on 1 or two books. They need to give people the option of whether to upgrade or not.

I have, for the 20th time, given up on Amazon. I have a Kobo Clara HD and a Libra H20. I love reading from these, and the metadata is based on how I have it configured in Calibre. What I don't like is annotations. If I go to Libra 2, the annotations are just gone. I know I COULD if I had time go into the database and carefully tweak it to add the annotations, but could possibly screw things up too. But annotations on my side-loaded books, which is all I have, are really the ONLY thing I don't like. Well, I wish I could annotate the pocket articles, but that's minor.

I don't really understand why ereaders, the eink kinds, are going to audiobooks. I am going to listen to audiobooks from my smartphone.

I am intrigued by the Pocketbook HD 3. Is the speed OK? Is most of the 16 gig useable? Do sideloaded ebook annotations sync? Is it comfortable to hold and use the mechanical page buttons?

06-16-2022, 10:36 AM	#34
jwajr Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Samsung Tab A	I have tried, TRIED real hard, to continue using my paperwhite. I even bought the latest signature paperwhite, and loved the speed and everything about it. And then . . . Amazon started the tinkering. I have reset my device twice due to "duplicate" books showing up . . . not really duplicates, but one shows up downloaded, and the other doesn't. Then if I click on the wrong one it downloads again. I have issues downloading my large library (Yes, I like having all my books on my devices . . . why shouldn't I??) I can't stand the utterly sloppy metadata and not really being able to control it. I can't stand that Amazon STILL gives no control over whether you want books indexed or not. I can't stand that random books will sometimes get re-indexed, sometimes getting hung up and then causing the battery life to rapidly go down. I can't stand the home screen. And WHY, WHY have they never made improvements to the PC version, to where at least collections you create in other environments carry over. And on the PC, there are bugs downloading the ebooks . . . can only download so many before it just closes out. Amazon needs to test their software on large libraries, not just on 1 or two books. They need to give people the option of whether to upgrade or not. I have, for the 20th time, given up on Amazon. I have a Kobo Clara HD and a Libra H20. I love reading from these, and the metadata is based on how I have it configured in Calibre. What I don't like is annotations. If I go to Libra 2, the annotations are just gone. I know I COULD if I had time go into the database and carefully tweak it to add the annotations, but could possibly screw things up too. But annotations on my side-loaded books, which is all I have, are really the ONLY thing I don't like. Well, I wish I could annotate the pocket articles, but that's minor. I don't really understand why ereaders, the eink kinds, are going to audiobooks. I am going to listen to audiobooks from my smartphone. I am intrigued by the Pocketbook HD 3. Is the speed OK? Is most of the 16 gig useable? Do sideloaded ebook annotations sync? Is it comfortable to hold and use the mechanical page buttons?