It is the Best of Times for Reading Ebooks - Page 2

ZodWallop · 06-15-2019, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by binaryhermit

I can put (by my count) 4566 books in my pocket with room for thousands more. Beat that, 15 years ago.

Since I bought my Clara, I decided to load the SD card on my Aura up with every book I have, just to see what would happen. My count is close to yours (approaching 4,500). The Aura runs, but it is pretty slow. The database is likely getting too big for the Aura to handle.

binaryhermit · 06-15-2019, 02:38 AM

it's bearable on my kindle manga.
I just searched for a single 5-letter word, it took about 10 seconds.
Given that I do almost no text searches outside of checking to see if anything's indexing..

issybird · 06-20-2019, 08:21 AM

The best of times for ereading was when Kobo had unlimited use 90% off coupons.

leebase · 07-10-2019, 03:34 PM

Some more of why now is the best of times. There are more and higher quality reading apps. I mourned Stanza for a long time. I’ve been enjoying Marcin for years but no Android version. Now I use FBReader on both iOS and Android. I have a few “must haves”. Both sides touch and go forward. Finger swipe up/down to adjust light. Cloud sync, and handling of book series. FBReader even adds page of book, percent done and chapter marks at the bottom of screen....size configurable.

Kindle app, while remaining both my most used app and least improved/evolved....HAS added one cool new feature in the past year or so. I can listen to an audiobook and read a book at the same time and the sync works between reading text and listening to audio. Amazon will sell the add on audio book (for some titles) at a reasonable $6 or so

pwalker8 · 07-11-2019, 08:45 AM

I've gotten a number of audiobooks at the discount price after getting the ebook, though I've never actually used the sync feature. I tend to tune out voices when I'm reading.

Best of times, imply to me that things couldn't be better. Things can always get better, but I do think that times are really, really good for ebooks. Good apps that provide pretty much everything that I want. Right now, for me, the only thing that is missing is the automatic syncing with Calibre that kept track of how much of a book I've read, when I start and when I finish a book. Marvin use to do it, but that broke when the iOS plugin for Marvin broke.

Utopia would be every book ever written being available for either purchase or download. I had hoped we would get there when Google started their scanning project, but it's going to take changes to the copyright law.

DiapDealer · 07-11-2019, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by pwalker8

Best of times, imply to me that things couldn't be better.

To me, it implies that things have never been better.

leebase · 07-11-2019, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

To me, it implies that things have never been better.

Yep. That's how I use the phrase. Things can always be better. It's a mindset to be happy with what you have even as you await that things could be better

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06-15-2019, 02:38 AM	#17
binaryhermit Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,732 Karma: 20469902 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Lockport, IL Device: Kindle PW4, Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	it's bearable on my kindle manga. I just searched for a single 5-letter word, it took about 10 seconds. Given that I do almost no text searches outside of checking to see if anything's indexing..

06-20-2019, 08:21 AM	#18
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,226 Karma: 234571825 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	The best of times for ereading was when Kobo had unlimited use 90% off coupons.

07-10-2019, 03:34 PM	#19
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,960 Karma: 26738313 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	Some more of why now is the best of times. There are more and higher quality reading apps. I mourned Stanza for a long time. I’ve been enjoying Marcin for years but no Android version. Now I use FBReader on both iOS and Android. I have a few “must haves”. Both sides touch and go forward. Finger swipe up/down to adjust light. Cloud sync, and handling of book series. FBReader even adds page of book, percent done and chapter marks at the bottom of screen....size configurable. Kindle app, while remaining both my most used app and least improved/evolved....HAS added one cool new feature in the past year or so. I can listen to an audiobook and read a book at the same time and the sync works between reading text and listening to audio. Amazon will sell the add on audio book (for some titles) at a reasonable $6 or so

07-11-2019, 08:45 AM	#20
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	I've gotten a number of audiobooks at the discount price after getting the ebook, though I've never actually used the sync feature. I tend to tune out voices when I'm reading. Best of times, imply to me that things couldn't be better. Things can always get better, but I do think that times are really, really good for ebooks. Good apps that provide pretty much everything that I want. Right now, for me, the only thing that is missing is the automatic syncing with Calibre that kept track of how much of a book I've read, when I start and when I finish a book. Marvin use to do it, but that broke when the iOS plugin for Marvin broke. Utopia would be every book ever written being available for either purchase or download. I had hoped we would get there when Google started their scanning project, but it's going to take changes to the copyright law.

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