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duxbelli · 03-19-2010, 02:35 AM

the recent generation of touch-screen e-readers has finally piqued my interested in buying such a device. however, i'm completely confused about the process of managing notes and highlights.

i see that in the PC version Sony's Reader Library, for example, makes it possible to export notes, but why not to import?

the "hacks" to backup notes seems like a major obstacle in promoting this function as a serious academic tool. i'm not so interested (at the moment) in the discussions on linking metadata to clouds, but just in properly managing, archiving, and on occasion restoring my own personal notes. why is this function such an obstacle for the e-readers today? what are the next steps in standardizing the management of annotations in e-books?

ps, great discussions in these forum. thank you.

03-19-2010, 02:35 AM	#1
duxbelli Member Posts: 15 Karma: 13968 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: none	managing e-reader notes: what's the hold up? the recent generation of touch-screen e-readers has finally piqued my interested in buying such a device. however, i'm completely confused about the process of managing notes and highlights. i see that in the PC version Sony's Reader Library, for example, makes it possible to export notes, but why not to import? the "hacks" to backup notes seems like a major obstacle in promoting this function as a serious academic tool. i'm not so interested (at the moment) in the discussions on linking metadata to clouds, but just in properly managing, archiving, and on occasion restoring my own personal notes. why is this function such an obstacle for the e-readers today? what are the next steps in standardizing the management of annotations in e-books? ps, great discussions in these forum. thank you. Last edited by duxbelli; 03-19-2010 at 02:40 AM.