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Old 03-30-2013, 07:20 AM   #12
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Where are you from atluu? If you are based in the US or somewhere with it's own Amazon store, then there should be no problems with you ordering a Paperwhite and trying some comics on it, and if you don't like it, returning it and asking for a Kindle Fire instead.

Tablets are clearly the better option for comics, but then again, if you are also going to be reading standard fiction books, e-readers are the better option for them. I think the comic you are talking about looks fine on an e-ink screen, it's the size that's the issue though.

It's probably worthwhile trying an e-reader out to see how you find the experience of reading a comic on one. The Kindle will give you the option of using Panel View, so when you turn the page it first shows the entire page, then each individual comic panel on that page (so you end up turning the page 6 or 7 times for each page of your comic). It works far better than zooming in to read text, but I'd personally find it a bit irritating to be turning the page for each and every strip! If you have good eyesight you can just read it one full page at a time, but the text will be pretty small.

There are other e-readers that would give you more storage for your comics than the Paperwhite (as most of them use SD Cards), but how much that matters is down to your preferences. How many comics you'd like to keep on your e-reader at the one time, how happy you are to store them on your PC etc. If each comic is 50mb you'd still be able to store 20 on there and have room for some books too.

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