[Wylug-discuss] advice on ebook reader or similar...

[Neil Pilgrim]

On 22 September 2011 15:37, Dave Fisher <davef at davefisher.co.uk> wrote:
> On 22 September 2011 14:13, John Hodrien <J.H.Hodrien at leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> The browser is a cruft that just about works.  I wouldn't plan on using it
>> in anything other than borderline emergencies, it's not a fun experience.
>
> 1+ Absolutely, 100%, true ... assuming we are talking about the Kindle browser.

Yup, though the "free" 3G internet makes it bearable - and more so abroad where
internet access can be pric[e]y where you can't find wifi!

I'm not so keen on the DRM'd (I though?) ebooks from amazon (including where a
set of books are cheaper in dead tree form!), but I find PDFs totally
legible in landscape
mode, if a little annoying when they have columns (read, scroll down,
read, scroll up,
read, scroll down = one page).

I find it easier to read than a screen, I think, though it's difficult to judge.
I have a newspaper subscription on it, but I'm not sure if I'll keep it.

OK so there is a need to power it, and the lifecycle costs, but the
compactness of having it
instead of n books taking up space - especially while travelling, or
moving house - is an
undeniable benefit. Well, unless you like the decorative nature of
bookshelves :)

-- 
Neil