How ebooks lost their shine

Re:How ebooks lost their shine by PeterStuer on Thursday April 27, 2017 @03:31PM (#14214057)

I'm a book aficionado. I just love books. Our house is filled with thousands and thousands of books. And I have a Kindle. 2 Main reasons: (1) Travel. Going on a trip used to involve careful selection and (for longer trips) substantial packing weight and volume (I travel light), now I just take the Kindle, and don't even have to buy the books i want to read in advance (2) Pint quality. I read lots of paperbacks, and frankly, the print quality on some of them has become so atrocious that it is almost impossible to enjoy the read. Blurred tiny prints on flimsy but coarse grained paper are no exception.

Still love the physicality of books, but i succumbed to the practicality of the e-reader

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Re:How ebooks lost their shine by gentleteblor on Thursday April 27, 2017 @04:55PM (#14214622)

Amen to that. My eyesight isn't the best, and Ebooks are a god send for being able to read in large, clear print.

I'm reading a paper book now (Fortress Draconis, ebook is not available) and I find myself squinting for hours at a time.

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Re:How ebooks lost their shine by anotherevan on Thursday April 27, 2017 @07:47PM (#14215813)

I recently set my dad up with an e-reader because the thing he was most excited about was being able to adjust the text size for his poor eye sight.

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