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Originally Posted by HarryT
A5 is 210 x 148 mm or, in Fred Flintstone units, 8.3" x 5.8", with a diagonal of 10.1". Slightly larger than the iLiad's screen.
Greg - why not look at the iLiad? Seems as though the size would be about right for you.
You must have VERY large shirt pockets! I don't think many people would consider the iLiad to be "pocket sized", and you're asking for something that's larger still.
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The Iliad is looking better, the imperial measurements had me fooled, losing the margins would mean a 71% reduction of an A4, which should mean 12 point text remains readable at about 8-9points.
I slip books into my shirt (not a good look my wife tells me), but I have been doing that since I was a teenager -
NatCh ; )
It would be a good thing, bearing in mind, common stock paper and most printers handle A4/A5, that eink screens came in at a strict A5, or a little larger.
yvanleterrible I can see why the Sony size would suit for reading, A5 makes things a little too big, when controls and sides are considered. My concern is more about PDF -> Reader Ebooks -> printers (I know for non PDF this does not prove such a problem).
Iliad seems to have an edge in this, but it would make a lot of subsidiary things easier if A5 more or less became standard.