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Re: My first Kobo Touch reader died

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On 2025-09-01 15:53, Don Y wrote:
> On 9/1/2025 3:25 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> Ah.  I either read "on the throne" or while waiting for appointments
>>> (away from home).  SWMBO has permanently "borrowed" one of my Nook HD+'s
>>> OK, I actually prefer the Nook Color as it more closely resembles the
>>> "paperback" form factor.
>>
>> Waiting for appointments I usually take the ieee magazine, in paper :-)
> 
> 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 :-)

> 
>>> But, none are acceptable for research papers and things that aren't
>>> true pdf's.  Hence the need for a 14-15" tablet.  But, at that size,
>>> it really needs to be lightweight (the 12 tablet PC that I previously
>>> used was very heavy)
>>
>> And for reading comics.
>>
>> The advantage of ebooks, is that the battery lasts weeks, and that you 
>> can read out in the sun. There is no brilliance from the screen at 
>> night, important when reading just before sleep.
> 
> Mine are light emitting displays, not "epaper".  I didn't like the epaper
> kindle, it seemed "fake".
> 
>> 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.

> 
>>>> 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.

> 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.

> 
>>>> You can search for a word  (or string) on all your books. At least 
>>>> there is search, while there is nothing on paper books unless you 
>>>> write it down and organize it yourself, externally. Librarians know 
>>>> all about that. :-)
>>>
>>> Yes.  But, only applies to documents that are composed of actual text.
>>> I often receive research papers that have been scanned and faxed.  Even
>>> if I OCR them, you lose access to annotations on figures, etc.
>>
>> Yes, epubs are text. I would hate PDFs that don't contain actual text. 
>> Not searchable. And epub can reflow, adjust to your font choices of 
>> kind and size.
> 
> PDF is designed to present in a particular form, unlike epub/mobi/html/etc.
> My readers will "pan and zoom" so reading a PDF is possible -- but clumsy.
> SWMBO has several art books on the larger nook that she  reads this way
> (mainly to position the photos of the pieces that are presented therein).
> 
> A 14-15" tablet would be fine as it would allow presentation at the 
> "intended"
> size (to read footnotes, one might have to zoom).
> 
> Right now, I read PDFs on large monitors as I tend to be reading for "work"
> so they retain their value as an alternative to dead tree forms.  But, a 
> portable tablet would be nice -- esp when traveling as I tend to carry the
> smallest laptop possible when doing so.
> 
> If *thin* (like an airbook) it wouldn't be too heavy and easy to bring as
> a carry-on.
> 

Mmm.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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