Thread: [Firmware 1.4] How many page turns are you getting
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Old 07-14-2010, 11:06 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by HamsterRage View Post
Really? 8000 page turns is about 20-30 typical novels on the smallest font. That's a hell of a lot of reading, and I'd suspect that for most people would take more than 2 weeks to complete - and 2 weeks was the other half of the advertising on the battery life.

From the "How many books do you read...?" thread in one of the other forums, it looks fair to say that most people are reading under 100 books a year, or at most 4 books every two weeks. That's still going to be well under the 3000 page turns Bismar got.

So I'm struggling to see how a mere 3000 pages would be a make-it-or-break-it issue for anyone, since that would mean having to plug the unit in for a few hours every three weeks or so. Especially when, if you're reading that much, you'll have to plug it in to sideload the books onto it in the first place.
This assumes everyone uses the smallest font to read. I use the medium font which equates to the small font due to internal formatting.

For an epic space series like 'Deathstalker' each book roughly equates to 1200 page turns fully justified.

So for me 2 and a half books will roughly drain the battery, and that IS a make-it-or-break it issue for me, as i can easily go through that in under 2 weeks.
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