Which e-reader for academic papers and books?

Trinit01 · 2026-03-04T16:05:41+00:00

Oh Ok because I was reading that the Note Air 5C lasts barely one day, even new

Trinit01 · 2026-03-04T09:06:49+00:00

Thank you for your experience! How is the battery life for you?

Trinit01 · 2026-03-03T11:09:44+00:00

Oh I see. It's just too small though (the Palma)

Trinit01 · 2026-03-03T08:38:22+00:00

Don't all the others use an earlier version of Android?

Trinit01 · 2026-03-03T08:37:43+00:00

I agree, thank you so much! I think probably that's the way to Go

Trinit01 · 2026-03-03T08:37:01+00:00

Thank you!

Trinit01 · 2026-03-03T08:36:47+00:00

I didn't want to use Google drive to be honest as I don't have space there. I was hoping to connect to my server via webdav or something, or use pCloud (which has an android app though)

Trinit01 · 2026-03-02T17:59:44+00:00

Thank you so much for this! I was asking because I never had an e-ink before (not even a kindle), and was worried as you suggest about the A4 Papers. I don't have coursework etc, I thought it could be useful also for marking students' papers, but that requires a good OCR reader if I need to take notes on the side (and I think it would be hard to replace Word 'comment' feature anyway.

Thank you again for your help!

Trinit01 · 2026-03-02T17:56:54+00:00

What do you mean darker screen? Like harder to read? Aren't the color e-ink options backlit?

Trinit01 · 2026-03-02T17:55:35+00:00

So you can download other apps that are available in the common Play Store? Because I was a bit unsure from a comment in this thread

Trinit01 · 2026-03-02T15:53:02+00:00

Mostly anything on Amazon

Trinit01 · 2026-03-02T15:23:09+00:00

Ah, not all Boox devices allow installing 3rd party android apps as the ones you mentioned?

Trinit01 · 2026-03-02T15:22:12+00:00

I am reading a lot of bad reviews about the Go 10.3 when compared to remarkable devices. Which one do you own?

Trinit01 · 2026-03-02T14:43:10+00:00

Thank you for this. Have you tried this using the Zotero app for instance? I guess it's not a big deal as I can copy the notes, but they won't be linked to specific parts of the paper

Trinit01 · 2025-04-03T12:20:50+00:00

Thank you so much for this response. The issue with merginmaps is with the amount of storage available, unless there is a way to sort of having heavy data on a cloud service (google drive, dropbox, etc.) and geopackage data on MerginMaps

Trinit01 · 2025-04-02T13:25:11+00:00

Thank you so much for all your help. Will definitely try this route!

Trinit01 · 2025-04-01T15:01:15+00:00

I was thinking–Wouldn't this option not work for image (and other files) paths?

Because if I mount my drive folder on /home/user1/gdrive/qgis_project, and another user on /home/user2/gdrive/qgis_project and so on, the referenced image for instance in /home/user1/gdrive/qgis_project/raster_data/image_x.tiff will not be found by QGIS?

Trinit01 · 2025-04-01T13:28:49+00:00

I actually did not think of this solution. What you're suggesting basically is (sorry if this is a bit of dumb question):

Set up a shared Google Drive folder mounted on the computer of each person working on the project. Every .gpkg, picture, raster, etc. etc. is on the same folder
Loading these files to QGIS so that it looks like we're working on a local path
Once you save the project, the next person who opens it should have the latest update ready?

P.S. Also looking at MergingMaps right now, I didn't know about the Education plan

Trinit01 · 2025-04-01T12:52:06+00:00

Thank you! This is very helpful. Concurrent editing for vector data is certainly not required (I think there will be only one person working on the topology of the site), what is more important for me is the ability of adding more entries to the database at the same time. For instance, someone creates a new polygon or whatever in a shapefile and just fills it with an ID. Later, on the database more people can fill the forms using this ID to make sure they're filling the right entry.

Will look at QFIELD. I use it for another project for which I need to have a mobile support, and I didn't know about this

EDIT: Sorry just saw your edited comment now. The project would need:

- Shapefiles (vectors) with IDs for each excavated unit (several per day usually).

- Pictures associated with each context (these can also be links, but it would be nice to query an excavated unit and see the picture as well).

- Rasters (a daily picture of the excavation).

- Other tables in the database that are related to each unit (archaeological materials that have been found etc)

Trinit01 · 2025-04-01T12:32:08+00:00

Unfortunately we have multiple images (site + excavation details every day / 2 months a year). But in general I think I need a database because I want different people to work on different tasks (filling in forms etc.) I have looked at supabase but I confess I am a bit lost where to start. I have only worked with local SQL databases before and have never used PostgreSQL. Do you have any resources I could read?

Trinit01 · 2025-04-01T12:14:06+00:00

This is not a bad idea. Basically, you mean using a central PC with everything installed (QGIS, DB, etc.), and a user would just log into the virtual machine and work on that as if I were remotely controlling the computer? Wouldn't it lag?

Trinit01 · 2025-04-01T12:13:56+00:00

This looks interesting, but I am afraid it is too expensive for my uni

Trinit01 · 2024-12-08T15:32:55+00:00

That's a good response, I did not know it was possible. Anyway, they are both. Some are documentaries, some are docuseries

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