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Originally Posted by fjtorres
. . .One point she loves about both gadgets that gets glossed over is weight. eReaders and tablets are lighter than most print books, especially hardcovers. At her age the large print and weight aspects, well, they "weigh heavily" in favor of digital. 
As for sharing, it happens automatically. If I buy it, she has access to it. |
My wife prefers her Nook for bedtime reading for the very reason you note -- weight. In addition, because of age, she also likes the adjustable font size.
And while it is true that sharing is automatic with the Nook (I have the older Nook tablet), we read different types of books and so although we have access to each other's ebooks, the reality is that we rarely read the same book.
When reading during the day (i.e., not in bed), my wife prefers print.
We both prefer the ebook version of a book when the print version is set in too small a font size for easy reading. In the past, that rarely happened, but I have noticed that publishers are trying to squeeze more on a page these days and so an increased number of the books I like to read use a smaller font size.
I suspect that in a few years I will either have to buy both the hardcover and ebook versions of a book or resign myself to reversing my current preferences. Some things I can't prevent, and aging is one of them.