Quote:
Originally Posted by barryem
My guess is that in Italy your choice is Kindle or Kobo.
|
Pocketbook, too.
To Bobby: I echo what other posters have said. Reading plain text books, like novels, is a joy and pleasure on e-ink devices. But for PDFs or anything with more than simple graphics in it, like anime, art books, or scientific works with diagrams and tables, a larger tablet is much more suitable (the 9.7" iPad is a good pick here, the bigger ones work also fine). But reading novels on a tablet is (at least for me) a poor experience and it gives me eyestrain. I try every so often for a few weeks, but it never works out well and I go back to e-ink devices.
My solution is to have both an iPad for PDFs and art books (even then I typically buy art books as paper books because the print quality, image reproduction and format are almost always far better) and an e-ink device for plain text books, both fiction and non-fiction. I would
like to only use one device (I prefer simplicity), but at least with current technology it doesn't seem to be the best course of action. (I have yet to try an AMOLED tablet, though. It may actually work for me, but I'm not keen on spending €600 on an experiment while I have no other uses for an Android tablet. Perhaps when I replace my iPad I will give it a try.)
If I were to buy a 6" e-ink reader today, I would get the Pocketbook Touch HD 2 for around €150. If I wanted a 7" reader, it would be the Kobo H20. For an 8" ink reader, I'd consider the Kobo Aura One, Pocketbook InkPad (but I believe this one is out of stock) or Icarus Illumina XL HD (this one might work OK with many PDFs as it's an Android device, so a little faster, but still uses e-ink). I've been looking around a little this weekend because I wondered about replacing my Kobo Glo, but since it works very well for me, I think I'll keep it until it breaks or some truly impressive new reader surfaces on my radar or "gadget lust" overcomes me.
