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bbusybookworm · 09-23-2009, 02:50 PM

Well, in my case and in probably in many others the multiple readers are often a case of us upgrading readers as anew generation comes along.

While I have three dedicated readers listed, not counting the iPhone or the N800 I'm currently only using the Pocket Pro.

I've passed on the PR-500 to my sister, but still help her manage it at times and the same with the Gen 3's where One is my Mum's but I'm the one who has to load new books on it for her and the other I just gave to my uncle.

I still keep them in my profile, as I still keep up to date on whats happening with them, and so when I'm commenting on a post or giving a reply the reader knows that I'm familiar with those devices.

Of the devices I am currently do use, I primary use my Pocket pro for long form reading, when I have some time, i.e. more than 20 minutes to read. I use the iPhone mainly to grab a few minutes of quick reading when I'm out and about. The N800 I manly use for Comic reading nowadays when I'm traveling, so is being a little neglected lately.

As for keeping books in sync across readers, one of the first things I do on getting a book, is DeDRM it and convert it to variety of Formats (Mobi, HTML,EPUB) and back it up on an external drive. Now as the books are available in a variety of formats, I can easily load them into all my readers, so that they are available on all.

While Reading, I usually have different books ongoing on each device to avoid wasting time finding the last read point, though in some books I'll deliberately stop at cheaper ends so that I can pick it up on another device.

In the end it works out to be matter of convenience and poor self control

when it comes to gadgets.

09-23-2009, 02:50 PM	#2
bbusybookworm Tech Junkie Posts: 1,027 Karma: 10080 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth Device: iPad, MotoXStyle, OnePlusOne	Well, in my case and in probably in many others the multiple readers are often a case of us upgrading readers as anew generation comes along. While I have three dedicated readers listed, not counting the iPhone or the N800 I'm currently only using the Pocket Pro. I've passed on the PR-500 to my sister, but still help her manage it at times and the same with the Gen 3's where One is my Mum's but I'm the one who has to load new books on it for her and the other I just gave to my uncle. I still keep them in my profile, as I still keep up to date on whats happening with them, and so when I'm commenting on a post or giving a reply the reader knows that I'm familiar with those devices. Of the devices I am currently do use, I primary use my Pocket pro for long form reading, when I have some time, i.e. more than 20 minutes to read. I use the iPhone mainly to grab a few minutes of quick reading when I'm out and about. The N800 I manly use for Comic reading nowadays when I'm traveling, so is being a little neglected lately. As for keeping books in sync across readers, one of the first things I do on getting a book, is DeDRM it and convert it to variety of Formats (Mobi, HTML,EPUB) and back it up on an external drive. Now as the books are available in a variety of formats, I can easily load them into all my readers, so that they are available on all. While Reading, I usually have different books ongoing on each device to avoid wasting time finding the last read point, though in some books I'll deliberately stop at cheaper ends so that I can pick it up on another device. In the end it works out to be matter of convenience and poor self control when it comes to gadgets.