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Which reader for best library management and in-book navigation?
Hello everybody,
at the moment I'm reading with an Archos 70b. I like it, it does, what it's supposed to do, but of course it's somewhat on the heavy side and battery life is awfully short. So I'm planning to buy an e-ink device. I have quite a large ebook collection and spent some time in calibre to categorize and tag it. How do the most common ereaders compare when it comes to finding a certain book via tags or folder navigation? A second point I am concerned about: I like to jump back and forth in a book while reading it. On my Archos (using the inbuild reader or CoolReader) I can jump directly to a page. I like the design of the Kobo, but as I understand in-book navigation is only by scrolling through the book, right? This sounds somewhat clumsy in larger books. At the moment I am considering # Kindle (although I would like a reader with native epub support and SD slot better) # Kobo (best looks for me but don't know if I wouldn't like something with buttons better) # Sony (don't like the looks) # Pocketbook Pro 612 (quite expensive and not so stylish as Kobo but otherwise ...?) Thanks a lot for any comment Judith |
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Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20
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One more thing. At the end of March there will [I hope] be new model PocketBook Touch 622 available. With capacitive multi-touch pearl screen. The first youtube videos of actual devices look very promising. But! Do. Not. Hold. Your. Breath. This is just a promise from PocketBook company. They might decide to wait with introduction for particular market like they did several times in the past. Last edited by kacir; 03-05-2012 at 05:56 AM. |
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![]() What does this mean? I cannot put as many free books on a Kobo as I wish? And what does this internal database thing mean? Thanks a lot for your reply Judith |
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https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94789 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=170000 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...80#post1831280 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82985 Please notice, there are several devices called kobo. The very first one - non-touch, and Kobo Touch https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix I do not own Kobo and I am not going to in a foreseeable future(*), so I do not pay close attention. I just noticed many people complaining about problems with the internal sqlite database used for storing books (or possibly just metadata and/or covers) on Kobo. You see, there is nothing wrong with the sqlite database as such, it is a fine database for things that need to be put into database, but I am much happier when my device stores books and metadata in regular files. When something gets screwed up, you just delete one faulty file, the rest are perfectly usable. Sorry, that space limitation was for Nook tablet. Out of 16GB memory, 15GB were reserved for purchased content and 1GB for user content. You can go to the store and request that they repartition the space for you (or so I heard). (*) I am very happy PocketBook user and if I buy a new reader it will be most probably PocketBook. I am too spoiled by all those configuration possibilities (that I haven't mentioned in my post, such as ability to display up to 50 books per library page on my PB360). I have way too much know-how in configuration and customization of PocketBook devices. You see, I am a tinkerer. I want to set up everything *exactly* the way I like it. And I am very wary of devices that "call home" regularly - such as Kindle and Kobo. |
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As far as the Kobo for navigation, I would suggest crossing it off your list at this point in time. From my experience, it has some nasty bugs that can make navigation very tedious (long/infinite delays, "stored" taps leading to unwanted page turns, ...)
For navigation it has: Table of contents A slider for navigation to a particular page # Bookmarks (annotations) |
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This is for the now discontinued PRS-x50 line of Sony Readers (much better looking than the PRS-T1).
default firmware:
PRS+ 2.1 default/tip:
The default Sony firmware is already pretty decent. However, add PRS+ and it becomes excellent. Caveat, if you just directly copy books (e.g. via drag and drop) without going through Sony Reader or Calibre, initial start-up takes a long time due to indexing. Last edited by ilovejedd; 03-05-2012 at 10:42 AM. |
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If that's the reason, I don't think anything anyone's likely to say about its functionality will change your mind. Although you could cover it up with a book or skin. Personally, I love the look of the Sony, but each to their own.
Re page navigation, you can navigate through a book just bu pressing a button to bring up the page navigation screen, and then entering the page number. If you've got bookmarks, highlights or notes on any of the pages, just pick the relevant one to go directly to it. |
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On the Kobo Touch you can't make shelves, but hopefully soon you will be able to, they have shelves but they aren't activated yet. But there is a plug-in that makes them usable.
The Kobo Touch will slow down a bit when you have a ton of books on it, but page turns WILL NOT be slower, just browsing your Library will be (Which you don't do much anyway). I recommend the Kobo Touch, though I will say Amazon has a much better customer service. |
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Sony's customer support is among the worst. If you must have native ePub support, go with Kobo or a Nook.
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Sony has very good support within MR though
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Between the Sony & the Kobo, go with a Sony. Kobo is a horrid device, poor user interface, lousy device software & glitchy like crazy! There's tons of threads on it. |
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