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Originally Posted by Sirtel
..... I cannot read fiction on a tablet or a phone, so apps are not an option for me. And I would hate having to use several different apps to read my books. Fortunately, I don't need to.
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Well sometimes you have to use a tablet, I find.
My preference by far is an e-ink device, which I have found on long use is much kinder to the eyes ... which is now being reported far and wide, especially amongst older readers, who have been experiencing eye issues from extended use of tablets/ipads, with their computer based screens.
Sometimes though, if you want to read an ebook properly, then the only way currently to do so, is via a tablet/ipad. Especially if you have color images to look at and want to see them in a resolution that does justice (talking about a large tablet/ipad here ... 10").
Novels I nearly always read on either of my two e-ink Kindles, while (music, etc) biographies and encylopedia and graphic novels, I read on my Samsung Tablet, to do them justice ... and help my eyes in another way ... not having to squint at too small images.
Each type of device has their place.
Multi-column PDF's are also better read sideways on a large tablet. Likewise magazines and newspapers ... and even web pages if you are gonna browse the web with your device. If you have a child or four, then their colorful ebooks are woeful on an e-ink device.
Sure, you can spend time converting and editing many (out-of-the-box) unsuitable publications so that they are some form of readable on your e-ink reader, but honestly, the effort & time is rarely worth it. Even some epubs don't convert well to mobi ... not without an awful lot of fiddly editing ... DRM being the least of your worries.
P.S. I generally only use two apps on my Tablet ... Kindle and Cool Reader. I do also have a few PDF readers for the odd difficult PDF ... picking the best one for the job.