Ah, now you drop the other shoe. If you had said that you want an ereader for your work as opposed to using one for recreational/novel reading your comments would have made much more sense.
You are correct, that as it stands now, they are not good for work manuals & things of that nature. However, that certainly doesn't mean that ereaders are useless. They simply aren't of any use to you for your work situation.
But millions of us are having a great deal of fun & enjoyment reading our NOVELS on one convenient, lightweight, transportable piece of equipment.
If you are not looking to start an argument, you need to disclose ALL relevant information in your first post, rather than posting inflammatory statements, then come back with the rest of the story that actually points to the reason you can't use an ereader.
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Originally Posted by Huyggy
Due to my field, my books are mostly used not for recreational but for professional purposes. I think it's sad that the ereaders are still limited to this role and no tech companies/engineers is targeting a professional use.
I explain myself :Of course I use the research function. But, using that in a professional fields, it's rare that you're searching for ONE word or group of words. It's more an idea that you are searching, a particular argument. If I was looking for the word "biological evolution" in my books for example, I would have maybe 30 iterations of the word before finding my chapter of interest !
I understand the argument of the "look over" function when you search a word using the internal dictionary of the ereader (I already used that myself). But it's only fast and easy only if your book and dictionary are in the ereader.
Otherwise, you have to type the word, letter after letter...
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