Received IT and some gripes/whines

Fitzwaryn · 10-09-2006, 10:17 AM

Got mine this morning (10-9) and I have to say I'm pretty darned impressed. Not very many things I can think of to complain about considering the alternatives vs what it offers.

I do have one gripe/whine that maybe someone can give me some suggestions on how to overcome.

I read fast. I often read a given book or document on my reader (previousy my Cybook or E-Bookwise) and on my computer or computers. It depends on where I am and what I'm doing when I have some time to read.

If I've read 30-40 pages on the computer and then pick up the cybook I can simply guestimate how many pages that equates to given the different formatting and reflow and jump X number of pages to get close to where I left off on the other machine.

As far as I can tell on the Reader I have 2 choices.

1. Hit a number button to go to go to x/tenths of the way through the book and then scan forward or back from there

2. Hit the paging button X number of times and sit and wait till it turns that many pages.

I'm not averse to reformatting all my books to include some kind of chapter marks, say every 10 pages or so, or some other kind of link to allow rapid repaging or relocation in a book. I don't se any way to do that with a TXT file and if there is one in RTF I'm not aware of it.

Any ideas, suggestions, slaps for whining, or aything else?

MelancholyTea · 10-09-2006, 10:29 AM

Holding down the page forward button for a few seconds lets you skip ahead ten pages. You can also do Menu-->Table of Contents-->Table of Contents to find the chapter you stopped at. It's helpful that the paging on the device matches the paging on the Connect software.

Bob Russell · 10-09-2006, 10:37 AM

Another thought... is it possible to add bookmarks from the desktop and then move the book with the bookmarks to the reader? Then you could find your place at the desktop and on the reader you just pick the bookmark.

Ideally, Sony would add search (but would probably be a pain because of the slow page refreshs), or at least the ability to type in a page number using the nbr buttons.

Fitzwaryn · 10-09-2006, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by MelancholyTea

Holding down the page forward button for a few seconds lets you skip ahead ten pages. You can also do Menu-->Table of Contents-->Table of Contents to find the chapter you stopped at. It's helpful that the paging on the device matches the paging on the Connect software.

Thanks that's a good tip and will help a lot. TOC. Maybe I'm displaying my ignorance about RTF, but then I don't use RTF much. Is there a way to create an RTF Table of contents??

Fitzwaryn · 10-09-2006, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob Russell

Another thought... is it possible to add bookmarks from the desktop and then move the book with the bookmarks to the reader? Then you could find your place at the desktop and on the reader you just pick the bookmark.

Ideally, Sony would add search (but would probably be a pain because of the slow page refreshs), or at least the ability to type in a page number using the nbr buttons.

I tried adding a Bookmark to the RTF in Word. Saved the doc. Transferred it and the Reader doesn't see the bookmark. Must be missing something.

Right now I don't have a memory card yet and the Connect software seems to move books ONTo the Reader but seems unwilling to copy them FROM the Reader to the PC. Guess I'll have to get a memory card. Stopre a book on it. Put a bunch of bookmarks in a file then inspect the file on the memory card on the PC and see if the book marks are eing physically inserted into the file or being maintained in memory or something.

If they're being inserted or are somewhere on the card where I can acess them, then it shoul dbe a simple process to write some software to take an RTF file and insert all the bookmarks I want before ever transferring it to the Reader.

NatCh · 10-09-2006, 11:56 AM

The PC side Connect Software has some capabilities to add bookmarks too -- I haven't played with this much. It may be possible to connect your Reader, and add a mark (to the copy on the Reader) in the Connect software and have that show up on the Reader.

Another alternative that comes to mind is to figure out what font size you like best and convert your text to a PDF sized for the Reader's screen, then you could be reading equal sized pages on both platforms. Of course, you'd be reading really small pages on your PC screen....

I suppose you could also read on your PC via the Connect software ... that might be simplest.

10-09-2006, 10:17 AM	#1
Fitzwaryn Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 395 Join Date: Jul 2006	Received IT and some gripes/whines Got mine this morning (10-9) and I have to say I'm pretty darned impressed. Not very many things I can think of to complain about considering the alternatives vs what it offers. I do have one gripe/whine that maybe someone can give me some suggestions on how to overcome. I read fast. I often read a given book or document on my reader (previousy my Cybook or E-Bookwise) and on my computer or computers. It depends on where I am and what I'm doing when I have some time to read. If I've read 30-40 pages on the computer and then pick up the cybook I can simply guestimate how many pages that equates to given the different formatting and reflow and jump X number of pages to get close to where I left off on the other machine. As far as I can tell on the Reader I have 2 choices. 1. Hit a number button to go to go to x/tenths of the way through the book and then scan forward or back from there 2. Hit the paging button X number of times and sit and wait till it turns that many pages. I'm not averse to reformatting all my books to include some kind of chapter marks, say every 10 pages or so, or some other kind of link to allow rapid repaging or relocation in a book. I don't se any way to do that with a TXT file and if there is one in RTF I'm not aware of it. Any ideas, suggestions, slaps for whining, or aything else?

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10-09-2006, 10:29 AM	#2
MelancholyTea Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2006	Holding down the page forward button for a few seconds lets you skip ahead ten pages. You can also do Menu-->Table of Contents-->Table of Contents to find the chapter you stopped at. It's helpful that the paging on the device matches the paging on the Connect software.

10-09-2006, 10:37 AM	#3
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Another thought... is it possible to add bookmarks from the desktop and then move the book with the bookmarks to the reader? Then you could find your place at the desktop and on the reader you just pick the bookmark. Ideally, Sony would add search (but would probably be a pain because of the slow page refreshs), or at least the ability to type in a page number using the nbr buttons.

10-09-2006, 11:56 AM	#6
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	The PC side Connect Software has some capabilities to add bookmarks too -- I haven't played with this much. It may be possible to connect your Reader, and add a mark (to the copy on the Reader) in the Connect software and have that show up on the Reader. Another alternative that comes to mind is to figure out what font size you like best and convert your text to a PDF sized for the Reader's screen, then you could be reading equal sized pages on both platforms. Of course, you'd be reading really small pages on your PC screen.... I suppose you could also read on your PC via the Connect software ... that might be simplest.

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