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Old 01-12-2010, 12:40 PM   #24
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Device: Sony PRS 650, PocketBook 360, Astak PocketPro (RIP), Tungsten T3
You mention organization and transfer abilities. The PP supports folders, so my computer sees it as a USB drive. I copy books over to the folders of my choice. Calibre automates the creation of folders and I have it set up to automatically create a folder for books in a series and put numbers at the beginning of the titles so I can read them in order. On my PP, I have a folder for the author, then a folder for series.

Font size and white space vary greatly with how you format the book. With the Calibre settings I use, I get just a bit of white space. The PP uses different software for the different file types. Someplace there's a Wiki with descriptions of all of them, including font size. I think a recent update of the firmware also gave more font sizes to some of the formats. Personally, I use ePubs and find the middle of five sizes to be very readable.

It works great with library books from Overdrive. If you turn it off completely, it loses the date/time settings, which might cause your book to expire prematurely. Since there's really no reason to turn it off, this isn't usually an issue for me.

I'm with you on ability to organize. I don't understand why an ebook manufacturer provides a large storage capacity but then thinks that ability to list by author or title is enough. Being able to carry lots of books is the whole point of having the device. Why make it hard for me to organize and find them? I like the Sony's ability to use metadata and wish more manufacturers would provide that. If I can't have that, the folders are the next best thing. Having had folders, I don't see myself using something like the Kindle or the Nook simply because I want to be able to organize my stuff.
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