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Originally Posted by daffy4u
I would think the larger version might be better for college students. Images might look better on the lager screen.
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I've used both "large" screens: the iLiad, and the "smaller" screen of the eReader/Kindle. The smaller screens work very well with "pure text" of books (surprisingly well I found, having started with an iLiad). However, I alo look at both technical books and documents. Putting aside the silly problems some devices have over format support, I find that the "small" displays are too small for technical/professional diagrams (even the iLiad is pushing it for some pictures...). I would guess the same would be true over some of the graphics you see in some newspapers.
So what am I actually saying. I think there is a good market place for both size displays, and some books/material may be available to only some devices to ensure readability. It would therefore make sense for Amazon to have two devices. It even mirrors the hardback/paperback divide in publishing today (okay, so there have been rumours of the death of the hardback, but my local bookshop doesn't seem to have heard of them....).
Staggered release of books to devices at different prices, anyone?
