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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
Does anyone else get annoyed when you *have* to read a paper book? I'm being forced to read "Self-Editing for Fiction Writers" (grad school requirement) and it's not available in e-book format. I find it really inconvenient that I can't change the font size, and that it doesn't fit as well in my bag as an e-book reader.
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Yes! Triple yes! Especially novels. I do have some books (also grad school requirements, for the most part) in both paper and PDF format, and it is much easier to navigate the paper versions as I am not reading the books straight through but am jumping around to different sections; I have several reference books (mostly Latin and Greek grammars) both in paper in PDF format, and those are especially hard to navigate on my reader. PDFs that aren't especially designed for a reader are often cumbersome on a 6 inch screen. It's a shame, though, I feel much more comfortable reading off my reader these days, especially when heavy books are in question. I've had good luck with PDFs of journal articles on my reader, they read like a dream for the most part, and I'm so happy that I don't have to lug around loose printed pages all the time anymore.