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Old 12-31-2013, 12:54 AM   #35
WT Sharpe
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...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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I don't like tablets because they are hard to read in bright daylight....
Absolutely. Tablets are no fun in the sun.

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Another Kindle Paperwhite user here, but I do read sometimes on my iPhone, and all PDFs are read on the iPad.
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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...I find that if I have a tablet with me, I'm far too tempted to surf the web, check email, etc.
The presence of games and other media does make other distractions tempting.

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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".
I agree. Or at the very least an "Other" category.

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I voted Kobo e-ink, but that's for novel reading. For graphic novels, cookbooks, and magazines, it's iPad Mini Retina for me.
For magazines, graphic novels, and PDFs, tablets have a clear advantage, but for reading ebooks, eInk devices are the way to go.

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