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Originally Posted by cfrizz
Once I decided I wanted an Ereader, I started Googling to get more info, and ended up on this terrific site that gave me all the info I needed.
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You and
lots of other people. MobileRead is an international community with over 50,000 users, and I'd bet the majority wound up here the same way you did. I think most people will consider Google their friend, and search for info first. They won't just walk into a retailer and say "I've heard about these ereader things. Do you carry them?" and pick the first one that looks good. I especially don't think so when the device is something you will use to read books. I expect people who read enough to consider an ereader purchase to be the sorts who will look before they leap.
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I still don't think this has to be an either/or situation. I love my Sony, but it is very hard to read at night without having a light just right to see by. I want a LCD as well so that I can read comfortably at night. Not everything has to be a competition.
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I don't think it has to be either/or as well. Too many folks seem to see their particular choice as evidence of their superior judgment, and questions of their choice as personal insults.
It's a bit like the "smartphone as fashion accessory" situation. "I'm
cooler than you because
I have an X phone!" Personally, I don't use things because they're cool - they're cool because
I use them. So I nod politely and try not to laugh out loud at such assertions. If you measure your worth in part by what device(s) you use, I think you are missing a critical point.
I don't care what choice folks make. I just want to see they have the proper information to
make an informed choice, and have properly thought through what they need a device to do. So my first question won't be "Do you want eInk or LCD?". It will be "What kind of books do you want to read, and where do you expect to get them?"
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Dennis