How many books can the 505 comfortably hold?

artemisblossom · 11-01-2009, 09:41 AM

I am sure this has been asked before but I just couldn't find it ......how many books can the 505 comfortably hold in its internal memory? I have about 60 books on there now and have started adding anything else I wanted to memory cards...........but I am wondering if this is really necessary?

lilac_jive · 11-01-2009, 09:42 AM

Depending on the size of the books, I'd say 200-250. I've got about 80 books on mine now and I'm not even at half full.

HarryT · 11-01-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by artemisblossom

I am sure this has been asked before but I just couldn't find it ......how many books can the 505 comfortably hold in its internal memory? I have about 60 books on there now and have started adding anything else I wanted to memory cards...........but I am wondering if this is really necessary?

Why don't you just look and see how much memory your 60 books are occupying, and how much is still free?

artemisblossom · 11-01-2009, 10:15 AM

Good Idea Harry Thanks it says I have 131mg available so I suppose I can still put a lot onto the main memory itself .....I guess it is only about half full thanks again Lilac and Harry.

neilmarr · 11-01-2009, 10:23 AM

I was badly bitten when I first got my PRS-505 by wrongly believing that it could be fully charged with a USB cable. It can't. I then got it into my head that it was was not a good idea to carry more than I need in the machine itself and to let the library software on my PC, lap[top and netbook do its job; deleting books from the ereader when they're read. I seldom have more than a dozen titles in the 505 now, and it works perfectly and at the speed of light. I don't see the need to carry an entire library in my pocket. N

revfish · 11-01-2009, 10:40 AM

It really depends on the size of the books and format you are using. Most of my books are in lrf with a few epub and PDFs and I currently have 395 books on mine, all internal memory, with 11.1mb left. That is one reason that when my 505 breaks, I won't have a big problem with a 300 is it has twice the internal memory of the 505 so I don't need a card port. I don't use the MP3 player either. The only big deal would be the smaller screen.

HarryT · 11-01-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by neilmarr

I was badly bitten when I first got my PRS-505 by wrongly believing that it could be fully charged with a USB cable. It can't.

It can, but only from a PC, not from a USB wall charger.

neilmarr · 11-01-2009, 10:56 AM

***It can, but only from a PC, not from a USB wall charger.***

Right. You're always spot on, Harry. But I must confess that I see little point in totin' books in the reader that are so easily downloaded any ol' time from my libraries. Why load the donkey? Unless you're going to do a hermit job for a year or two in a cave somewhere, there's no reason to have a hundred titles with you. N

ficbot · 11-01-2009, 11:43 AM

I have 500 on mine and still space left, but most of mine are Fictionwise multiformat or freebies from here and have a small file size. I recently downloaded a library book that was 10 mb and I was shocked! Why on earth would they need so much space for one book?

AdamGott · 11-01-2009, 01:12 PM

Mine is crammed full with over 100 books (internal memory and SD card) and I actually don't like having that many on there because I always forget what is there and they are sometimes hard to find because they aren't all properly tagged.

pepak · 11-01-2009, 01:47 PM

Size is only an issue with internal memory. On memory card, the Reader could theoretically hold enough to last a lifetime. The problem is that with more than 150-200 books it becomes very annoying navigating them.

tech_au · 11-01-2009, 02:26 PM

I currently have about 150 on mine but that includes a couple of rather large anthology PDFs and have about 12 MB free.
I remember awhile ago some guy posted that he spent about 3 weeks working out how to get over 3500 books on his reader with the aid of an SD card

He said it took over 1 1/2 hour to refresh the database when he unplugged it from the computer

Ankh · 11-01-2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by neilmarr

I then got it into my head that it was was not a good idea to carry more than I need in the machine itself and to let the library software on my PC, lap[top and netbook do its job; deleting books from the ereader when they're read. I seldom have more than a dozen titles in the 505 now, and it works perfectly and at the speed of light. I don't see the need to carry an entire library in my pocket. N

I would go a step further. While the speed of eInk screen is not an obstacle for reading, it definitely is a problem for the bookshelf (library management) function of the software of my reader.

Like Neil, I pulled (permanently) my SD card from my 505, and now use the internal memory to store titles on my "to read" list, plus a couple of reference works. Once read, the book gets deleted from the reader.

radius · 11-02-2009, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by artemisblossom

I am sure this has been asked before but I just couldn't find it ......how many books can the 505 comfortably hold in its internal memory? I have about 60 books on there now and have started adding anything else I wanted to memory cards...........but I am wondering if this is really necessary?

I usually keep around 300 to 350 books on my reader, a mixture of LRF and epub with the occasional PDF, RTF and text file thrown in.

Personally, this is about the upper limit of my patience with the waiting time (while the reader scans through the books after you unplug from your computer) so I never keep any memory cards in the machine any more.

HarryT · 11-02-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ficbot

I have 500 on mine and still space left, but most of mine are Fictionwise multiformat or freebies from here and have a small file size. I recently downloaded a library book that was 10 mb and I was shocked! Why on earth would they need so much space for one book?

Illustrations, probably; they can really boost the size of a book. I've created a number of heavily-illustrated books that are >10MB in size.

11-01-2009, 09:41 AM	#1
artemisblossom Groupie Posts: 161 Karma: 482 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ontario Canada Device: Sony prs505	How many books can the 505 comfortably hold? I am sure this has been asked before but I just couldn't find it ......how many books can the 505 comfortably hold in its internal memory? I have about 60 books on there now and have started adding anything else I wanted to memory cards...........but I am wondering if this is really necessary?

11-01-2009, 10:40 AM	#6
revfish The Pastor of Disaster Posts: 202 Karma: 994 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650, Apple iPad 3 64GB Wifi	It really depends on the size of the books and format you are using. Most of my books are in lrf with a few epub and PDFs and I currently have 395 books on mine, all internal memory, with 11.1mb left. That is one reason that when my 505 breaks, I won't have a big problem with a 300 is it has twice the internal memory of the 505 so I don't need a card port. I don't use the MP3 player either. The only big deal would be the smaller screen. Last edited by revfish; 11-01-2009 at 10:51 AM.

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11-01-2009, 09:42 AM	#2
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	Depending on the size of the books, I'd say 200-250. I've got about 80 books on mine now and I'm not even at half full.

11-01-2009, 10:15 AM	#4
artemisblossom Groupie Posts: 161 Karma: 482 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ontario Canada Device: Sony prs505	Good Idea Harry Thanks it says I have 131mg available so I suppose I can still put a lot onto the main memory itself .....I guess it is only about half full thanks again Lilac and Harry.

11-01-2009, 10:23 AM	#5
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	I was badly bitten when I first got my PRS-505 by wrongly believing that it could be fully charged with a USB cable. It can't. I then got it into my head that it was was not a good idea to carry more than I need in the machine itself and to let the library software on my PC, lap[top and netbook do its job; deleting books from the ereader when they're read. I seldom have more than a dozen titles in the 505 now, and it works perfectly and at the speed of light. I don't see the need to carry an entire library in my pocket. N

11-01-2009, 10:56 AM	#8
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	*It can, but only from a PC, not from a USB wall charger.* Right. You're always spot on, Harry. But I must confess that I see little point in totin' books in the reader that are so easily downloaded any ol' time from my libraries. Why load the donkey? Unless you're going to do a hermit job for a year or two in a cave somewhere, there's no reason to have a hundred titles with you. N

11-01-2009, 11:43 AM	#9
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	I have 500 on mine and still space left, but most of mine are Fictionwise multiformat or freebies from here and have a small file size. I recently downloaded a library book that was 10 mb and I was shocked! Why on earth would they need so much space for one book?

11-01-2009, 01:12 PM	#10
AdamGott Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 2139614 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Kindle/iPad	Mine is crammed full with over 100 books (internal memory and SD card) and I actually don't like having that many on there because I always forget what is there and they are sometimes hard to find because they aren't all properly tagged.

11-01-2009, 01:47 PM	#11
pepak Guru Posts: 610 Karma: 4150 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T3, Kobo Libra H2O	Size is only an issue with internal memory. On memory card, the Reader could theoretically hold enough to last a lifetime. The problem is that with more than 150-200 books it becomes very annoying navigating them.

11-01-2009, 02:26 PM	#12
tech_au Oz Bookworm Posts: 516 Karma: 4056 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS 505,PRS 650	I currently have about 150 on mine but that includes a couple of rather large anthology PDFs and have about 12 MB free. I remember awhile ago some guy posted that he spent about 3 weeks working out how to get over 3500 books on his reader with the aid of an SD card He said it took over 1 1/2 hour to refresh the database when he unplugged it from the computer

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