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Old 01-17-2010, 01:31 PM   #145
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
So now that you have had a go with ePub, what do you think of the 505 overall?
I do like the 505 very much. I like it much more with the tweaks from PRSPlus. I've never been against the 505, I've just had a preference for the Kindle which I still do but I have decided to keep the 505 as my ePub reader (at least until I decide on a larger screen reader). There are certainly features of the 505 that I wish the Kindle had and vice versa.

These are my impressions based on un-hacked features of K2 and 505 (of course things that are important to me, may mean less than nothing to someone else):
  • Font Face: better on 505 because there are more to choose from and easier to make the switch (via Calibre)
  • Font Sizes: better on K2, there aren't enough "between" sizes on the 505 and they vary from book to book unless I build in a base font with Calibre or a CSS
  • Margins: better on K2, I prefer more white space around the text
  • Justified vs. non-justified: originally I didn't have a preference but the more I play with the 505, the more I like left justified text
  • Bookmarking: better on 505, there's a dedicated button and it's fast
  • Page Turn buttons: better on K2, little tiny side button on 505 side in wrong order (for me) and are too small, big round button on bottom right does not turn pages in books (it should), big round button on the left is awkward for me
  • Pages vs Locations & Percentages: better on K2, wish I could have both but honestly when I see page x of y, I mentally calculate the % or fraction of the book I've read. In a pbook I would do the same thing visually. I really like K2s chapter dots a lot.
  • Organization: better on the 505, collections rocks!
  • Search: better on K2, not available on the 505 so the K2 wins but search is not necessary to find books on the 505 because of the collections feature but finding things within books is not possible. I lost my place while fiddling around a few times and I had to go page by page to get back to where I wanted to be and it was frustrating.
  • Navigation: better on K2, I just feel I can get to what I want faster on my K2 than on the 505, maybe because I'm more comfortable to K2

I have used PRSPlus to bring in as many "like" features of K2 to the 505 and it has made the reading experience much better.

Now as far as ePub itself, I'm going with it because the industry seems to want it to be the standard. With all the tools like Calibre and those for removing DRM available, it really doesn't matter what format you start with because you can convert it for your needs (if you have a little bit of tech savvy). I will continue to purchase my ebooks from Amazon (and maybe Fictionwise depending on how that experiment goes) and convert them for use with any non-Amazon readers I own. I probably won't be buying ePub or Adobe ADE specific titles but I will download all the freebies.
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