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Originally Posted by Readirect
Returning to the original question in this evidently hijacked thread ...
First, the TLDR: There are major problems with all devices -- Kobo has stability & firmware design issues; PB has annoyances with responsiveness (for tasks other than reading.) However PB's design with respect to sideloading & customization is so superior that I'll never go back to Kobo (let alone Kindle, which is by far the worst of any device ever produced.)
Over the years, I've accumulated about a dozen Kindle, Kobo & Pocketbook devices AND there are huge differences between them in ways that I've never seen discussed before.
Starting with firmware stability: I've had major stability issues with my Forma & Clara Colour (including the KC bricking itself while sideloading books.) Never had a problem with my Pocketbook Verse or InkPad 4.
Continuing with sideloading: Kobo & PB approach this task entirely differently, with Kobo processing sideloads at one time, before the OS loads while PB allows the OS to load first. The problem comes when attempting to load too many books at once with Kobo & I've had continual problems with Kobo loading >~500 books. My 32GB Forma & my Clara Colour both frequently choked on that, but at least the Forma always recovered with a restart. The Clara didn't and bricked itself. Beyond stability, though, the PB is much better in its approach: maintaining a folder for books sideloaded together, so you can see what books it loaded & when. That's very nice.
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When I received my Kobo Libra Colour, I transferred over 9,000 ebooks to it from calibre in one session. All my epubs have passed epubcheck and most have been edited by me for consistency. There were no issues during the transfer. After the eject/import/reconnect to send the metadata, all the series/series index, subtitles, multiple authors, page counts, word counts, etc. were there. I also restored the bookmarks so reading and finished status were updated.
Oddly, I very seldom look at the books on my device using a file browser. Using search is just so much faster and convenient. Though I suppose that if I ever wanted to, I could open the eBooks(
*) directory on my Kobos and sort the author sort named directory by date modified. Even when I use KOReader, I use it's ability to search the calibre metadata file. Browsing through thousands of authors is, IMNSHO, a good use of my time.
* Using an eBooks directory avoids the issue with the limit on the number of directory entries in the root of a FAT32 volume especially when using long file names that chew up directory entries like a baseball fan munching on Spitz.