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Liviu_5 · 12-03-2008, 10:34 PM

I read in the dark on the 700 and love it. In pitch darkness the sidelights have an eerie bluish tint, but once you get used to it it adds charm to reading at night.

I've been staying until 3 am regularly to finish this or that novel on the 700, two nights ago I finished Engine's Child by H. Phillips for example and last night I reread about 2/3 of it, while tonight I plan to read a mil-sf debut Peacekeeper by L. Reeve or a pdf arc of a debut fantasy Scars on the Face of God by C. Bauer.

I read 10 full novels including some fantasy door-stoppers at 600+ pages in print, with 6 reread at least once and one twice - pdf arc of Spirit by G. Jones - plus fragments of novels, and 2 short stories collections on my 700 in the 3 weeks or so since I bought it and most of my reading has been done evenings or at night with the light on.

Calibre is very good, reasonably fast, though I get some errors too once in a while, but I read quite a few pdf review arcs on the 700 natively, just dumped them the way I got them, no fiddling except for changing the metadata if necessary and this ability of reading pdf's fast and nicely was a big surprise.

But as mentioned, nothing is better than checking it in stores - when I heard of the 700 I was, meh, yeah touch screen and sidelights, but most likely the same slow navigation of eink, and then when I saw it I *wanted* it on the spot, and while sadly I could not get it that week since they had only display units, I got it the following week...

12-03-2008, 10:34 PM	#8
Liviu_5 Books and more books Posts: 917 Karma: 69499 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Device: Nook Color, Itouch, Nokia770, Sony 650, Sony 700(dead), Ebk(given)	I read in the dark on the 700 and love it. In pitch darkness the sidelights have an eerie bluish tint, but once you get used to it it adds charm to reading at night. I've been staying until 3 am regularly to finish this or that novel on the 700, two nights ago I finished Engine's Child by H. Phillips for example and last night I reread about 2/3 of it, while tonight I plan to read a mil-sf debut Peacekeeper by L. Reeve or a pdf arc of a debut fantasy Scars on the Face of God by C. Bauer. I read 10 full novels including some fantasy door-stoppers at 600+ pages in print, with 6 reread at least once and one twice - pdf arc of Spirit by G. Jones - plus fragments of novels, and 2 short stories collections on my 700 in the 3 weeks or so since I bought it and most of my reading has been done evenings or at night with the light on. Calibre is very good, reasonably fast, though I get some errors too once in a while, but I read quite a few pdf review arcs on the 700 natively, just dumped them the way I got them, no fiddling except for changing the metadata if necessary and this ability of reading pdf's fast and nicely was a big surprise. But as mentioned, nothing is better than checking it in stores - when I heard of the 700 I was, meh, yeah touch screen and sidelights, but most likely the same slow navigation of eink, and then when I saw it I wanted it on the spot, and while sadly I could not get it that week since they had only display units, I got it the following week...