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Originally Posted by Enkidu of Abydos
Well I'm not exactly an expert on large-format e-readers (I prefer 6-7" that you can hold easily) but I think Illiad and Hanlin had a 10" model (that should be enough to satisfy any girl  ) and there may be others now that e-reader models have started replicating like bunnies. I remember reading about a large thin reader for newspapers named Skiff Reader, don't know if that's out yet but it looked real cool and futuristic.
I've tried reading various comics on my Sony PRS-505 (mostly Alan Ford) but aren't satisfied with the experience because of 2 problems - zoom and "paging". The first problem is that comicbook pages are usually too big for my reader so if I read them zoomed out so they fit on the reader the letters are too small (especially since the scans are usually poor and blurry) and if I zoom them in it's a problem moving around to other parts of the page (that might be easier with the new touch interface and faster refresh). The second problem is that my reader doesn't support .cbr and doesn't support folders (still goes for newer Sony models !) so how the hell am I supposed to group comicbook pages / images ? A dozen comics makes for thousands of image files on the reader all in the same folder, it's a mess ! If anyone's got a solution for these problems, please enlighten me ! |
I think you just answered you own question/puzzlement about why people don't use their ebook reader for comics. Both hardware and software doesn't really support comic books in a satisfactory way yet.