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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
You are forgetting about art books, text books, user manuals, magazines, articles. They don't need to have plenty of illustrations. The eye can only distinguish between 32 levels of grey, so there is a limit to what you can do with grayscale.
The way people are reacting to a new screen, with slightly better contrast, it is obvious that the majority finds it relevant.
Zoom = refresh = page turn for E-ink, so if you find a text that can't be reflowed, and you need to move around the screen, it is going to be an issue.
I'm not saying that everybody needs this, but you seem to be restricting the definition of reading.
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When i was talking about books with illustrations i was also thinking about art books. Regarding these, i think that these books probably will be the ones less likely to be read in electronic devices, at least in the near future, due to its nature, (remember the unusual size of these books in the bookstores, the prolific colour, the detail in some pictures... and also the intended use, they seem made as to be a premium or luxury object not only a regular book) so as far as technology goes now i don't see a big migration from paper to electrons.
Magazines i agree will be a big target for electronic readers. Right now i already read some in my Kindle DX but it is not yet perfect. Colour would be a big bonus indeed.
I thought the contrast was not too satisfactory in the previous eink models, so any improvement is welcome.