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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
...For reading books, my first generation Paperwhite wins out over all my other devices and over all devices with which I'm familiar....
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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I don't like tablets because they are hard to read in bright daylight....
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Absolutely. Tablets are no fun in the sun.
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Originally Posted by VictoriaP
Another Kindle Paperwhite user here, but I do read sometimes on my iPhone, and all PDFs are read on the iPad.
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With the ability to sync books across various platforms, I also find myself occasionally reading a book over more than one device.
Tablets are fine for indoor reading, but as CarolineNH notes,
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Originally Posted by CarolineNH
...I find that if I have a tablet with me, I'm far too tempted to surf the web, check email, etc.
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The presence of games and other media does make other distractions tempting.
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Originally Posted by Purple Lady
I can't vote because the only thing close to an Android tablet in the list is the Kobo tablet - the Nook and Fire are not real Android tablets. You may not have wanted to list a lot of devices, but should have included at least "Android Tablet".
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I agree. Or at the very least an "Other" category.
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Originally Posted by meeera
I voted Kobo e-ink, but that's for novel reading. For graphic novels, cookbooks, and magazines, it's iPad Mini Retina for me.
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For magazines, graphic novels, and PDFs, tablets have a clear advantage, but for reading ebooks, eInk devices are the way to go.