Got a reply back this morning; his comments in bold.
> See ansawers [sic] below
About the manual:
> See Quick Start Guide on this page:
> http://www.coolreaders.com/specifications.asp
Quick Start Guide is at
http://www.coolreaders.com/pdf/quick-start-guide.pdf; it's basically a guide to the buttons in the device. At page 3, it says:
I wrote back to ask where that was.
>> * Does the Coolreader support folders?
>Yes
Simple enough.
>> * Do any of the books sold at Coolerbooks.com require DRM software, or
>> are the books sold there without DRM?
> Most are DRM..check it out
I wrote back to ask how to tell which ones are DRM'd.
>> * How many shades of grayscale does it support?
>eight
>> * What DRM'd formats does the Coolreader support?
>See tghe specs page above
Spec page says ADE: ePub and PDF only. So the info given to Sassinek in
this other thread ("So, yes, you can use DRM .PRC files") is almost certainly wrong.
>> * The books listed as "Digital Editions"--are they ePubs, or PDFs?
>can be both... this is an originator decision
Wrote back to ask if they'd answer which one is which for specific ebooks.
>> * Is there a way to filter searches at Coolerbooks by filetype, to say
>> "only show me books by [AUTHOR] in filetypes I can use?"
yes this is done by device on the home page..check it out
Wrote back to say I couldn't figure out how to do this. The search engine only seems to cover author & title, and it turns up results including all types of books, regardless of what reader you have selected. Once you click on the book itself, it may tell you "Not available for your selected reader(s)," but the site doesn't seem to have a way to not include those in the search results.