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Originally Posted by Kai Winters
Interesting topic though rather limited and perhaps not a full accounting of what is available and perhaps just a bit one sided.
I've used several Sony ereaders and two Kindle devices...I found them lacking when reading at night in bed because they are not back lit. Reading during the day was fine.
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Hence, frontlit e-ink readers. Tablets are good at what tablets do, and as far as e-reading go are superior to e-ink readers for PDFs and graphic novels - and in these forums, when people mention these as their reading needs and ask about e-ink readers, the chorus saying "NO, GET A TABLET" is deafening! Tablets are also currently the way to go if you need text-to-speech. (And for web browsing/email/etc, but this is an ebook forum, so that's an aside.) However, frontlit e-ink readers continue to be markedly superior in battery life, lighter, and easier to read in the full variety of light conditions, making them ideal for most people for novel-reading, and a lot of non-fiction also.