Thread: Is being able to read on a desktop machine important to you?
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Old 11-26-2007, 02:09 PM   #36
Alisa
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Originally Posted by bob_ninja View Post
Then there are many technical/text books that include sophisticated diagrams, illustrations, etc. that the current eInk readers cannot display very well. For those we still have to use larger LCD screens, like it or not.
I can't tell you how many times I've seen coworkers print out sections of PDFs even though they're sitting in front of their computers just because reading on the screen is so painful. I resist doing it because I hate killing trees but with an ebook device (Kindle or otherwise), I could still look at any graphics I can't interpret on my big screen and read the text on e-ink. I'm less concerned about that with .azw books so far because those will likely be recreational books for me. Hopefully if they make a serious move into the tech and textbook market, they'll put out a software reader.
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