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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I have no interest in having an ebook exactly simulate the experience of a reading a physical book. If I wanted that... I'd read physical books and completely echew ebooks.
I don't want to touch the "pages" to turn them. I don't want to turn my ereader over to read the words printed on the opposite screen. I don't want multiple, entirely blank screens separating sections. I don't want to be forced into using the typeface/size the publisher/author has chosen. And I certainly don't want to use a location system that's based on a physical reading medium that I'm not currently using.
What would be the point of completely re-creating the exact same experience as a physical book, when we already have physical books, if that's what someone obviously prefers?
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Well, you are different than most. Most people like the familiarity of books and how they work. The advantage of the e-reader is the storage and ability to search. The disadvantage is the lack of ability to browse a book and to be able to tell where you are "in" the book by simple viewing the size of pages on the left vs the size of pages on the right.
I don't want an ebook reading experience to be like reading on a computer, I do that all day long, I want the book to be an escape from that.