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Originally Posted by HarryT
I see that the release of an (approximately) 8" device from Kobo seems likely to me imminent, but I'm wondering what that screen size is best suited for?
For me personally, a device with a 6" screen is pretty much perfect for novels. I can carry it around in my pocket (no comments, please, Jon!) and it's always with me. For reading reference material or PDFs, though, I find that a 9.7" screen is the right size. It allows me to read an A4/Letter-formatted page without zooming or scrolling (after I've cropped the margins).
8", though, seems to be neither fish nor fowl. It's too big to easily carry around, but too small for comfortable PDF reading. I'd be interested to know what people see the main use of such a screen size as being.
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I've been hoping for an eink reader that is somewhere between 6" and 9"; I think that 8" would fit that well. Before ebooks, the books I read were exclusively trade paperback or hardcover. I didn't even consider MMPB sized books when I was browsing. I have a couple of [now discontinued 6"] ebook readers that were "good enough" until I started reading on a 9" NOOK HD+ and now I prefer to do all my reading on that, only because of its size.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Of course everyone's tastes and requirements differ, and not everyone has a need (or a desire) to carry a reader in their pocket.
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For many women, pockets really aren't a reasonable option, especially in "career" clothes.
I *always* have a bag on me, even when I only need to carry my phone and my keys, because most of the time I either don't have pockets in my clothes or they are too small to be useful.
Back on topic, my smartphone is so close to 6" that I feel like the 6" ebook reader is redundant and that a distinction in size (by going to 8") would make it more marketable, as well as be better suited to my personal preferences.