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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Speaking of reading experience, what new can be added (software) to what we already have to give a new reading experience?
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It would be nice to have the features in stock versions of readers which people add with patches and custom FW:
Fully customizable sleep screens, defeatable widow-orphan control, unhindered file directories, etc.
It would also be nice to see text-to-speech integration become a standard feature that one didn't have to buy a tablet and download Ivona to use. The Paperwhite's audiobook integration is a great option, but the Kindle Keyboard didn't limit you to audio recordings of entire books, which aren't always available or even desirable.
Besides which, not everyone wants a Kindle.
There's also the question of enhanced content, which CD-ROM books tried to offer decades ago, and which Kindle and Kobo are trying to incorporate into e-reader/library functionality.
I'd also love to see a dual reference mode, in which you could split the screen between body text and footnotes and scroll each independently.
Barnes and Noble are probably more interested in selling content than e-readers, which is why they stopped including a microSD slot, but I think their approach is shortsighted. Better to seduce the buyer with hardware options and then make purchasing from their store too easy to forgo. Samsung has the right idea even if their content store is pants and that company doesn't seem to be doing too badly.