On 06-Jan-14 8:45 AM, SS wrote: > I find the Kindle/iPad format singularly useless for me. They are > neither here nor there, and the books I want are unavailable. They > cannot be accommodated in my pocket, which necessarily must carry keys, > wallet, glasses and pen. Incidentally I have used my last two smart > phones to read about 10,000 pages in books. I am comfortable with the > small screen and a good smart phone does everything I need apart from > allowing me to type comfortably, for which I need only one larger > device, with no need to squeeze in a third "in between, neither this nor > that" format.
In my case, I resisted getting this device for many years. But here are the things that finally convinced me to get one: 1. As you mentioned, font size flexibility. 2. Portability of large book collections. 3. It is, like a "real" book, a single-function object. The primary problem (for me) with reading things on a computer screen is that I am unable to single-task, and end up with 47 open windows and a fractured attention span that does not lend itself to immersion. To be clear: I am not, by any means, giving up on actual paper books. But this seems to be a useful additional option. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
