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Old 08-21-2016, 12:54 PM   #136
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I rely don't understand the one month being 'Long battery' as that's just a few hours more than a tablet has (15 hours or so) unless that is on max brightness with Wifi it sounds pretty short esp if you go on trips for a week without any power source.
At 7.8" I think the Aura One is probably aimed at those who read at home with easy access to mains power rather than on-the-go readers.
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Old 08-21-2016, 02:15 PM   #137
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Battery life entirely depends on the user. You can fit 69% more text on a 7.8" screen compared to standard 6" screens which means fewer page turns and potentially much better battery life.
I personally prefer very small top and bottom margins, small line spacing and very low brightness so I'm not really concerned about battery life, but I understand why some people are.
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At 7.8" I think the Aura One is probably aimed at those who read at home with easy access to mains power rather than on-the-go readers.
It looks like a great stay-at-home luxury reader to me but I'm unsure what Tom's Guide review means by:

"The Aura One's 7.8-inch screen allows pages to have nice, wide margins, and the header and footer text provide chapter, page and expiration information without getting in the way."

Does this imply that some screen space is lost to header and footer information? Can these be switched off? (My Kindle does have a small footer row but no header).
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Old 08-21-2016, 02:52 PM   #139
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It looks like a great stay-at-home luxury reader to me but I'm unsure what Tom's Guide review means by:

"The Aura One's 7.8-inch screen allows pages to have nice, wide margins, and the header and footer text provide chapter, page and expiration information without getting in the way."

Does this imply that some screen space is lost to header and footer information? Can these be switched off? (My Kindle does have a small footer row but no header).
If you choose to read a book as kepub rather than standard epub then, yes, the default layout has a header (showing book title) and a footer (showing page number). Standard epubs just have the footer. However both formats can also use a 'full-screen' option with no header and no footer.

I assume the 'expiration' info is related to library books but I don't use them so can't comment further.
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I assume the 'expiration' info is related to library books but I don't use them so can't comment further.
When you download the .acsm file and then the epub linked to it, your ebook comes with a drop dead date. For instance, I've got my preference set to 7 days (the minimum the library supports) with the maximum being 21 days. If I don't return the ebook before the expiration date, it is automagically returned aka made available for another patron to download. There is a process for renewing an ebook within 48 hours of the expiry but I've never bothered with doing so since a week is more than long enough for me. I also believe that you can't renew if another patron has put a hold on the ebook.

Not sure what it says about my morality but while I regularly remove DRM from ebooks I purchase, I don't remove DRM from library loans—if I want to keep the ebook, I'll purchase my own copy.
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Not sure what it says about my morality but while I regularly remove DRM from ebooks I purchase, I don't remove DRM from library loans—if I want to keep the ebook, I'll purchase my own copy.
Apprentice Alf states in the FAQ that the tools will not work on library books so you couldn't remove it even if you wanted to.
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Apprentice Alf states in the FAQ that the tools will not work on library books so you couldn't remove it even if you wanted to.
Telling people how to defeat DRM in library books is not allowed at MobileRead.
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The Aura One seems to be (specs wise) the perfect device for me. I had a Paperwhite 1 before (basically never used it), a PocketBook Inkpad (screen was a desaster, returned it) and a Kobo Aura HD (screen was to small for my purposes).

I'm reading PDFs, nearly 100% software development stuff.
Did you try koreader in landscape mode with the aura HD?
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Apprentice Alf states in the FAQ that the tools will not work on library books so you couldn't remove it even if you wanted to.
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Support for removing DRM from rented or library ebooks is not provided.
I believe "Support" refers to technical support.

(See freekobo's post).
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Telling people how to defeat DRM in library books is not allowed at MobileRead.
[Name of DRM removal software removed] is based on old version of the DRM removal tools. They stole the code and used it for their own and renamed it. It's crap.
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Does anyone happen to know if it has dictionaries on board? There is nothing in the specs as far as I can see.

I don't need it often and the one that was provided with my Aura was shi$$$y anyway but I was able to install a better one which I would do on the Aura one, too. I think this would only be possible when there is a dictionary funtion on the device already. Or am I mistaken?
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Does anyone happen to know if it has dictionaries on board? There is nothing in the specs as far as I can see.

I don't need it often and the one that was provided with my Aura was shi$$$y anyway but I was able to install a better one which I would do on the Aura one, too. I think this would only be possible when there is a dictionary funtion on the device already. Or am I mistaken?
Yes, there will be the standard dictionaries on the new device. They will be the same as on your Aura.
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Old 08-22-2016, 10:45 AM   #148
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Apprentice Alf states in the FAQ that the tools will not work on library books so you couldn't remove it even if you wanted to.
Not quite what he says

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I can’t get the tools to work on my rented or library ebooks.

Support for removing DRM from rented or library ebooks is not provided.
There's a world of difference between stating they won't work, and stating there's no support for removing DRM from library books.
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The biggest problem I can see with the Aura One is that I won't be able to put it in my jacket pocket while I walk from the train to the bus during my commute.
If I get this, maybe I can get my mom to make me a simple satchel just to carry it.
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