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Re: My first Kobo Touch reader died

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On 2025-09-01 22:11, Don Y wrote:
> On 9/1/2025 12:46 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> One of the things I like about ereaders is that they remember where I
>>> left off -- on each "open" title.  So, I can just grab one and know
>>> that I will have "something" that I'm in the process of reading.
>>> (I can put a novel down for a month and pick it back up as if I'd never
>>> left it)
>>
>> The magazine can be folded open :-)
> 
> Paper takes up lots of space.  This afternoon, I'll be scanning the
> installation manuals for our furnace, ACbrrr and swamp cooler -- just
> to get rid of another 100 pp in a file cabinet. 

Maybe they are already out there on some web to download. If they are 
modern enough.

> I've scanned all my
> paperbacks and most of my "reference texts" for similar reasons.
> 
> A bit of a chore that I wished I'd started when I *acquired* all of
> these things.  But, nice to get rid of all that paper and reclaim all
> that space!

Scanning books is a big chore.
I keep postponing it.

> 
> When I moved here, I had *80* "10 ream" paper boxes (think photocopier)
> full of just paperbacks.  Now, they sit on an ereader (and a pair
> of backup disks).  While I miss the "feel" of holding a book in my hands,
> the absence of a physical library is much more liberating!
> 
>>>> My current one does colour, but akin to water colours.  A bit faded, 
>>>> not solid.
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't care if it used AAA batteries.
>>>
>>> I suspect you could use a "power pack" plugged to the charging port.
>>
>> Yes, but only works if there is a battery inside, still working even 
>> if not holding charge much.
> 
> Hmmm... I've not tested that.  I know when the battery is "flat" it
> will still work when tethered to a charger.
> 
>>>>>> Once I organized my ebooks with tags for theme, and then came an 
>>>>>> update and killed all my data. Even what books I had already read. 
>>>>>> All appeared as "new, unread".
>>>>>
>>>>> It's just hard to browse for titles, group them in meaningful ways, 
>>>>> etc.
>>>>> These devices seem to be intended for someone who is reading one or
>>>>> two books (novels) at a time, not as a "library replacement".
>>>>
>>>> Yes, absolutely.
>>>
>>> I tend to organize by author (for novels).  Mainly because I tend to 
>>> binge on
>>> an author until I've read everything available.
>>
>> I have several authors and I rotate them.
> 
> I find a new author and then buy everything he/she has written.  I run 
> through
> about 500pp of "recreational reading" in a week.  Then, go looking for 
> another.
> It's rare for me to revisit an author (for new material) after such a 
> binge as
> I won't wait around for them to finish whatever they are presently writing.

I don't go that fast.

> 
> But, I often revisit authors that I've read in years past.  The trick is to
> wait long enough that you forget much of the detail in a piece.  Some 
> authors
> see their works reread multiple times.  If it was enjoyable once, why won't
> it be enjoyable again, later?
> 
> Books from which films have been made are particularly interesting as 
> you can
> see the differences between the two forms and hypothesize as to *why* the
> changes were made to the films.
> 
> [Books made from films are a waste of time as they are invariably just 
> literal
> transcripts of the on-screen action]

I enjoyed the 2001 book :-)

> 
> I'm getting ready to reread David Wong, now.  And, annoyed that only one 
> film
> was made.
> 
>>> It would be nicer to design a database that kept more metadata --  like
>>> keeping track of serieses instead of having to create a subdirectory for
>>> them.
>>>
>>> And, multiple authors pose a challenge -- particularly with serieses
>>> (where do you put Volume 2 if it has a different combination of authors
>>> than volume 1?)
>>>
>>> If you access everything THROUGH the database, then you don't care 
>>> where the
>>> actual files reside (you can actually store them *in* the database and
>>> skip the file system entirely).
>>>
>>> This would let you keep track of "last time read", "last page read", 
>>> "main
>>> characters", etc.
>>
>> Hum. Yes.
> 
> This has particular appeal for me as it would make it easier to see which
> titles haven't been read in "long enough" to make revisiting them likely
> worthwhile.

True.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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