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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Ebook Negatives: ebooks created an army of armchair e-typographers.  |
Yep! That's the downside of ebooks!
I just finished a book on my Paperwhite and now I'm reading one on my Kobo. Not for any particular reason. I have the book on both, having bought it from Amazon. This morning when I went to do my laundry in the community room I realized I had the book in my uncovered Kobo and not the covered one, but I did have it on the covered Paperwhite, so I swapped ereaders and took the Paperwhite with me. I read a number of pages while waiting for the laundry and then I got home and read again on the Kobo.
Finding my place going from one to another has become trivial with practice. I don't even think about it. I just do it. It rarely takes 30 seconds.
The differences in font, spacing, boldness and lighting are dramatic but I can't honestly say it was easier to read or better to read on either device. These are things I think about when comparing. They have nothing to do with reading.
As soon as I start reading I'm in the story in mid 19th century on a dark night in the crowded steerage of a ship where the people are starving and slowly dying. Who can think about fonts at a time like that!
Barry