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mrmikel · 06-26-2014, 05:29 PM

I have a tablet, which I love and I have a Sony PRS-300. The Sony only needs to be charged every week or so. The tablet needs to be charged just about every day.

I prefer the 300 for reading, since the background is not glowing it is easier on my eyes. When we go camping, it is the 300 that goes with us, since it has about 300 books in it, which is way beyond what I read on any camping trip. Its cover has a little LED light built in, so I can use it at night much as one would use a book. If it died, I would want to replace it, not rely on a tablet for reading.

I think there are a lot of people like me. It does not work fast, but I do not read for speed, I read to relax. And I would be not pleased that someone says everybody has tablets, heck with old dedicated readers, making it take 5 minutes to load footnotes, some because of file change and the rest because of the very long file all at the back.

Revert to old rant: It is impossible to design a book for big tablets and e-readers and phones that makes any sense. If you design for the small ones, you skip the pull quotes, full page bio. inserts, etc that one expects in the large format, like a magazine. If you go for the big ones, you completely lose the thread of the story in a smaller device as your single page becomes 5 or more in a smaller device. This is not something which is readily or easily solved. Rant off.

Being the ornery cuss I am, I design for my little 300, since I am getting paid exactly $0 for anything I do with the readers. I kinda figure if I do a decent job of correcting mistakes, etc, then since it is public domain, anyone of a different opinion is free to download and turn it into the epub to serve as the example of the perfect epub for all time.

06-26-2014, 05:29 PM	#27
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	I have a tablet, which I love and I have a Sony PRS-300. The Sony only needs to be charged every week or so. The tablet needs to be charged just about every day. I prefer the 300 for reading, since the background is not glowing it is easier on my eyes. When we go camping, it is the 300 that goes with us, since it has about 300 books in it, which is way beyond what I read on any camping trip. Its cover has a little LED light built in, so I can use it at night much as one would use a book. If it died, I would want to replace it, not rely on a tablet for reading. I think there are a lot of people like me. It does not work fast, but I do not read for speed, I read to relax. And I would be not pleased that someone says everybody has tablets, heck with old dedicated readers, making it take 5 minutes to load footnotes, some because of file change and the rest because of the very long file all at the back. Revert to old rant: It is impossible to design a book for big tablets and e-readers and phones that makes any sense. If you design for the small ones, you skip the pull quotes, full page bio. inserts, etc that one expects in the large format, like a magazine. If you go for the big ones, you completely lose the thread of the story in a smaller device as your single page becomes 5 or more in a smaller device. This is not something which is readily or easily solved. Rant off. Being the ornery cuss I am, I design for my little 300, since I am getting paid exactly $0 for anything I do with the readers. I kinda figure if I do a decent job of correcting mistakes, etc, then since it is public domain, anyone of a different opinion is free to download and turn it into the epub to serve as the example of the perfect epub for all time.