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Originally Posted by ijdod
I think the actual question here is: how big a feature is this, market-wise? Not in any way suggesting that I'm representative for the market: I've not used the dictionary in my e-reader, ever (had it for 3 years). To me, at least, that feature is essentially worthless.
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It depends on what you read and it also depends on you interests..
It is my habit to read Dutch, German and English literary works in the language they are written in.
For an average thriller or scifi book I rarely use the dictionaries, but it depends on the author.
For me as a non native English speaker Jack Vance for example can be quite a challenge as he uses some very unusual picaresque vocabulary. I love Jack Vance.
In my native language I do not use the dictionaries nearly as much as I do when I read foreign languages and although I am more used to speaking english, my knowledge of German idiom is much greater because the German language is closely related to Dutch and I grew up with German and Dutch as a kid.
So it all depends.
Also I am very much interested in language, so I suppose I spend more time with dictionaries than the average user.