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Originally Posted by Doranna Durgin
Hey, thank you to both Jeffrey and Dennis--those are perfect decision points to ponder. I appreciate it!
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+1 for finding about you or your books though Baen Webscriptions.
I'm going to propose an alternate thought than suggested by Jeff and Dennis. Ergonomics is EVERYTHING!
If the device does not feel comfortable in your hand, or at whatever location you want to read, you won't use it. You want to visit actual stores and hold the units in your hand, check whether the buttons fall under your fingers, see if the screen matches your vision. If you can, find some of the lower-visibility brands, such as the Pocketbook units or the Jetbook units. You may find that color trumps eInk for you, or that the material you want to read just doesn't look good on the screen of a particular device or size. There have been cases reported here, of the other occupant of the bed being irritated by the click of buttons (and some devices have more "click" than others). Sometimes a backlight is important, or sometimes the physical size makes it easier for you to carry it with you. You can't really decide those questions without actually holding a unit.
Formats are painful, but realistically, if you have problems you can usually find a friendly geek to help navigate the conversions. But, I consider the ease of buying material (via 3G or WiFi or whatever) to be part of the ergonomics.