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Originally Posted by thorn
the only difference between the sony experience and the printed book that i could see, was 'big, heavy text in lightweight, small package'.
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Which is a benefit not to be sneezed at. Back when I first started using ebook readers I was travelling 150 to 200 days a year on business, and often to places where the selection of English language books was both meagre and outrageously expensive. If I was reading light fiction I had to plan 4 to 5 books a week, and was often posted on site for three to six weeks. Ebooks made a huge improvement in that, though when I started using them back in 1999, the selection was pretty dismal.
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Originally Posted by bZkindle
consider yourself lucky-
everytime I use my kindle in public someone will ask me "is that an ipad".
i say e-reader and they shut up.
but then, if i use my ipad in public people will ask 'is that an ipad' and when i say "yes" they will ask me how i like it and other annoying things like i'm a best buy worker or something.
good thing i prefer the kindle because i'm sick of being harassed.
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Hmm, funny, no one ever asks me about my iPad. Actually, one person did in a bookstore coffee shop.