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Originally Posted by Katsunami
No, it doesn't... not for me.
The old Kindle Touch with its 167 ppi (800x600 at 6 inch) was at least as good or better than most of the paperbacks I had back then. The Kindle Paperwhite with 213 ppi (1024x768 at 6 inch) was as good as a hardcover book printed on good quality normal paper. The KA1 with 300 ppi is about as good as a hardcover book printed on semigloss paper. (I dislike semi-gloss paper. My paper copy of Musashi is printed as such, as was my Dutch version of LotR).
In short, if you happily read paperbacks, especially older ones, a 167 ppi screen is enough. Everything above that makes it just better, but it's not required.
People telling me that they "can't read" anymore on anything less than 300 ppi, or "can't use a phone" with anything below FullHD on 5 inch (452 ppi) should be saying "I don't want to any longer because something better exists."
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I haven't read happily read paperbacks in a very long time, probably close to 25 years. Back when I still read paper books at all, I sought out trade paperbacks, used and remaindered hardcovers and library hardcovers to avoid the fuzzy print on cheap paper of most mass market PBs.
I don't claim my preferences universally apply to every one. But I do claim consistency in strongly preferring higher resolution.