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chazcop · 08-02-2010, 12:28 AM

I just got the Nook yesterday. I hoped it would make reading on my recumbent bike excerciser easier (having to turn/tuck pages of a book was the problem--I have several book holders but you still have to tuck the page (so it's like I'm still sort of using an old fashioned rubberband to hold the page!).

Alas: To use it whilest biking I have to use large (instead of medium) font which means there's just 2 paragraphs per page: Entirely too many page turns required! I guess Nook-page turning relieves the tedium of monotonous biking but....it's all I'm doing. Also to get a pulse read out I'd have to use the chest monitor since I'm taking my hand off the grip too much.

I'm interested in what ayone else has found (there's very little to be found about this on Google!).

Otherwise the Nook seems to have been the right choice. Already downloaded 4 books from the NY Public library (Heck they have 600 listings just under 'biography"!).

I've spent a lot of time on forums getting up to speed (before buying & over the last 24 hours).

08-02-2010, 12:28 AM	#1
chazcop Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook (Wifi only)	Anyone Using An eReader on Gym Equipment? I just got the Nook yesterday. I hoped it would make reading on my recumbent bike excerciser easier (having to turn/tuck pages of a book was the problem--I have several book holders but you still have to tuck the page (so it's like I'm still sort of using an old fashioned rubberband to hold the page!). Alas: To use it whilest biking I have to use large (instead of medium) font which means there's just 2 paragraphs per page: Entirely too many page turns required! I guess Nook-page turning relieves the tedium of monotonous biking but....it's all I'm doing. Also to get a pulse read out I'd have to use the chest monitor since I'm taking my hand off the grip too much. I'm interested in what ayone else has found (there's very little to be found about this on Google!). Otherwise the Nook seems to have been the right choice. Already downloaded 4 books from the NY Public library (Heck they have 600 listings just under 'biography"!). I've spent a lot of time on forums getting up to speed (before buying & over the last 24 hours).