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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Not for me. The point of eInk was that it gave me a device which would last long enough to complete a transatlantic flight, which my previous device (a Palm T3) could not do. Now that tablets can do that as well, I have no need for the eInk device.
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This does not change my point in the least.
The purpose of an e-Reader (hardware) and e-Book (software) is to replicate the book experience to some extent. I was responding to (what I read as) an attempt to deny this notion wholesale.
The capability of e-Readers and e-Books are
different than a standard paper book, but they are an evolution from that medium. We can resize text, change fonts, hold the device so we read in either portrait or landscape modes, etc. You can also stick the e-Reader in a ziplock bag, sit in a pool, and turn pages (my favorite feature!).
But it's still based on paper books: we read sentences and paragraphs, in a specific font, sometimes with special formatting, and need to turn pages. To discuss things we love about paper books -- such as font choice -- and how they relate to electronic books is an important exercise, and does not make us "elitist" by any means.
-Pie