Re:How I got a preview of the Kindle 3 – and totally geeked out
by petercooper on Monday October 11, 2010 @06:39PM
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I was pretty negative on the Kindle over time. Mostly because of its abysmal typography and fonts. But I bought a Kindle 3 because "it's so cheap" and because I plan to release some books for it and wanted to test direct. And.. I'm won over. The typography still isn't great, but the form factor and the ease with which I can read the screen for longer periods is much welcomed.
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Re:How I got a preview of the Kindle 3 – and totally geeked out
by jseliger on Monday October 11, 2010 @10:15PM
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I bought one a while ago and find I don't use it as much as I'd hoped: http://jseliger.com/2010/09/29/the-last-word-on-this-version... .
Re:How I got a preview of the Kindle 3 – and totally geeked out
by jonhendry on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @06:21PM
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Some ebooks from Amazon, using the azw format, have better typography, which is controlled by the publisher. It's almost like a scan of the source text. For example, there can be variation between instances of a character, as you see in some printed books. ("Against The Gods" exhibits this.)
The kindle 3's sans-serif looks nice, too. Somehow higher-res than the serif font.