[LDBoblo]

I've been trying to set up some Chinese novel PDFs, but have found that the screen is too small and too low-quality to display my Ming/Song fonts at a reasonable size (9-10pt). Beefing up the font results in marginally superior visual effect, but makes the portrait view I'd prefer much much less feasible. As a result, I decided to try out landscape mode (well actually, portrait mode with rotated characters), and found it to be a bit better for viewing, but significantly better for handling, as long as I use my left hand for page turns. I still can't get Chinese to display well, but that seems like it's a problem that won't go away until the screens get better.

When holding the reader in portrait mode, I find the design is pretty terrible. The right-side buttons are too low if you want to avoid setting the corner of the device into your palm, and the corners are not rounded. I wanted to move my hand up and hold the reader by the side, but then the page flip buttons are too low. Perhaps I should contemplate one of those hacks that configures some of the number buttons for that purpose?

With English books, I can't stand landscape orientation, but I have to admit my left hand finds it the most comfortable way to hold the reader sans case/cover.

This is mostly without the cover. With the cover, I find it can pad the corners a little to make it rest in the hand a little less uncomfortably, but I often prefer to read without the cover.

How do you hold your device, especially without the cover?