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Originally Posted by Blossom
The browsing is what eats the battery because its a pulling high quality book covers. Reading a book doesn't do much draining on my tablets. You do need a 7" tablet. I recommend the Nexus 7 over any Kindle Fire. No lag problems here. I wonder if they didn't optimize the app for a bigger tablet...
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I have been doing all my browsing and adding to the library on my computer. So all I am doing is opening the app and it goes to the book I am reading. Battery is just going down a lot faster than it normally does on my Fire.
I wish I had the budget right now for a 7 inch tablet, that nexus looks really nice, but I need those $200 to buy a phone I desperately need. Once I make my mind up that is.
If I didn't need that phone, I think I would get the Nexus from Amazon. I assume the one they have for 200 and calling it 2013 is the newest one.
The other thing that is weird on the kindle app on the larger kindle is that it cuts off the menu lines on the top left. I couldn't even find it for the longest time because of that. I get only maybe half of the lines and have to touch all the way to the edge. Now that I know where it it is, its ok, but it drove me nuts for a while.
Since it doesn't have columns, I find it best to hold my fire like a hard cover book, upright. I took it out of the cover to make it a little lighter and its better.
I found the new Kristen Ashley on it and I am reading that along with a Edith Layton not available at my library. So I do like the selection and if I can read about at least 2-3 books a month, it would be worth it. A better tablet and smaller though would be necessary for me in long term though. My arms are hurting from holding the Fire. Its also not as gently on my eyes as e-ink.
But again, 3 months is very nice and generous to really see if its useful for each individual. So one can get some kind of average of reads per month.
I was going to add Blossom that I am surprised I like the san serif a lot on this app. I never read san serif fonts, but this one is kind of nice. I don't know if you have the same on your tablet though. You said you liked it so I switched and its more readable than the serif for some reason.