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rleguillow · 01-22-2010, 04:14 PM

I have been researching the two Astak EZ Readers. I'm thinking when my Sony PRS-700 dies, which I'm expecting it to do due to parts of it coming off, that perhaps the Astak will be the replacement. Don't know which - if the primary purpose is to read books, additional gray scales don't make up for a 5" screen, but what about that speed of page-turning, and so forth?

At any rate I came across something on one of the reviews that really has me puzzled. They said you can sort books by title, date (I assume that means date loaded), and type (meaning format?). What about sorting by author?

One of the things that I DON'T like about the 700 is that, though it has an author sort, it sorts by first name and then last name. Never went to a library or book store that sorts that way. Its just weird. But at least it has the ability to sort by author. I used Calibre to change the metadata on my ebooks and fake it into sorting on last name then first name - works for all but the books I got from the Sony store.

But to have no ability to sort by author at all... RobertB, is that true? That just doesn't seem right.

01-22-2010, 04:14 PM	#1
rleguillow Always Reading Posts: 110 Karma: 1002645 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: North Carolina Device: FW 1192, PRS-700, kobo, Rocket, PRS-650, Nook Glow, Kobo Glo, others	Sorting content I have been researching the two Astak EZ Readers. I'm thinking when my Sony PRS-700 dies, which I'm expecting it to do due to parts of it coming off, that perhaps the Astak will be the replacement. Don't know which - if the primary purpose is to read books, additional gray scales don't make up for a 5" screen, but what about that speed of page-turning, and so forth? At any rate I came across something on one of the reviews that really has me puzzled. They said you can sort books by title, date (I assume that means date loaded), and type (meaning format?). What about sorting by author? One of the things that I DON'T like about the 700 is that, though it has an author sort, it sorts by first name and then last name. Never went to a library or book store that sorts that way. Its just weird. But at least it has the ability to sort by author. I used Calibre to change the metadata on my ebooks and fake it into sorting on last name then first name - works for all but the books I got from the Sony store. But to have no ability to sort by author at all... RobertB, is that true? That just doesn't seem right.