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Old 01-08-2010, 05:14 AM   #127
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
1. I disagree

2. This is true. But there is always hope that Sony will update ADE in the 500, 505, 300, 700, & 600 since ADE in the 900 is of newer design.

Actually, going to the external ToC is quite fast. The original problem was something created by Calibre whihc as now been fixed. However, if you are using Reader Library or Calibre to move LRF to a 505, then opening the LRF (the first time) will be slow as the 505 has to paginate it. Then if you want to change the text size from there, it's again the need for pagination. Change the text size yet again and another pagination is in order.

According to others, using Reader Library causes the pagination already done with LRF to be lost. So it will once again be slow as it repaginates all over again.

Now, if you use eBook Library to manage content, then the pagination will be done for you and stay done. But then you lose access to the Sony eBookstore.

This is yet one more thing. Because embedding a font in ePub is easy to do, it gives me a better reading experience as I can use the font of my choice (usually Fontin). And because Fontin is an easier to read font, I can get more text per page with ePub then LRF.
I use Sony eBook Library only.
Thus:
Pagination LRF files makes them very fast.
Built-in fonts are absolutely fine for me.
So far, the edges are ragged. We have no idea if it ever change.

All of this means that unless you have time and wish and knowledge to tweak every single book you read, by changing fonts, digging into HTML codding for CSS etc., epub is no rival to LRF.
When a new hardback edition is delivered to me by Amazon, I don't spend another 1-2-3 hours on editing it. I have already spent a certain amount of time of my life to earn money to purchase the book. Why should I spend the same time of my life to earn the money to purchase ebook and then to spend even more on editing it if I can relax and enjoy reading or watching TV or doing zillion of other things? While editing one book might sound like not too much of time investment, if you count all time you spent in the last 3 years the number is going to be quite intimidating.
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