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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Most people don't read that type of material on their ereaders - they read novels; and for that, landscape isn't needed.
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Only a small percentage of people are left handed, yet most ereaders are designed to accommodate them as well.
Many people are likely to encounter something in a book, even a novel, that is better served by landscape viewing on a small screen.
The makers chose what to put in and that's that, there is no arguing that point, but to try to argue that audio support is in the same class as landscape viewing in terms of what feature SHOULD be included...I just don't see any argument holding water.
And I'm not sure where you're getting "most people don't read that stuff." There's a huge amout of content with images, tables or in other forms that are well served by wider viewing. Even if we exclude novels, who says people read ONLY novels? E-Reader owners are readers. Readers read various stuff. Even if we read MOSTLY novels, I don't know any reader who patently refuses to read ANY nonfiction, even it maybe at a very high novel/non-novel ratio.
