so... if you're using bookmarks that probably means they aren't actually all open at the same time? If they are how does a bookmark help to keep them open? and how do you do it without something heavy to keep the book open? and if you are using bookmarks and don't have them all open why not use a tablet/ e-reader?
On my phone I use an app called aldiko which keeps a handy list of all the recent books I've read and also automatically goes to the last page I had open in that book. If I don't want to go to that page then I hit menu and then the goto option which lets me go to any bookmark or notes or highlights in the book. How is that not better than having a large space/table with multiple books on it and having to keep track of multiple bookmarks manually?
Maybe you just don't have the imagination to do something in a new and better way?
I don't really think that the ability to take pictures is a useful reason for banning smart phones, if I worked for you and really wanted your information and I had physical access to the documents do you really think a ban is going to stop me? Even supposing that your building is super secure and has guards with metal detectors and authority to search people (which I'm pretty sure most places don't) and could catch everyone who attempted to bring a smart phone into the building i doubt they could catch everyone with cameras these days. a 5 second search on a website that's not even specialised in spy equipment turns up a key fob camera and a spy watch camera both of which can probably get through a standard security check without problems.
http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=spy+camera
So you've just wasted everyone's time for no appreciable gain in security, yay!
or you use calibre on the pc and it opens up a window for each ebook? then you compare multiple side by side. much much easier than doing it with paper books, specially since to do something similar with a real book you probably have to either find something heavy to put on the book to keep the page open or break the spine. not that i can actually see why you would do this more than once or twice in your life.
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so... if you're using bookmarks that probably means they aren't actually all open at the same time? If they are how does a bookmark help to keep them open? and how do you do it without something heavy to keep the book open? and if you are using bookmarks and don't have them all open why not use a tablet/ e-reader?
On my phone I use an app called aldiko which keeps a handy list of all the recent books I've read and also automatically goes to the last page I had open in that book. If I don't want to go to that page then I hit menu and then the goto option which lets me go to any bookmark or notes or highlights in the book. How is that not better than having a large space/table with multiple books on it and having to keep track of multiple bookmarks manually?
Maybe you just don't have the imagination to do something in a new and better way?
I don't really think that the ability to take pictures is a useful reason for banning smart phones, if I worked for you and really wanted your information and I had physical access to the documents do you really think a ban is going to stop me? Even supposing that your building is super secure and has guards with metal detectors and authority to search people (which I'm pretty sure most places don't) and could catch everyone who attempted to bring a smart phone into the building i doubt they could catch everyone with cameras these days. a 5 second search on a website that's not even specialised in spy equipment turns up a key fob camera and a spy watch camera both of which can probably get through a standard security check without problems. http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=spy+camera So you've just wasted everyone's time for no appreciable gain in security, yay!
or you use calibre on the pc and it opens up a window for each ebook? then you compare multiple side by side. much much easier than doing it with paper books, specially since to do something similar with a real book you probably have to either find something heavy to put on the book to keep the page open or break the spine. not that i can actually see why you would do this more than once or twice in your life.