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Originally Posted by barryem
I think that's a fairly common attitude in the tech world, too. One of my complaints about reviews of tech is many are primarily concerned with what's new. They often give only a little mention of how good a product is at the things all such products do.
If it's not new it's not anything.
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What really bothers me when we get a review of some Reader is that what's not reviewed properly is the reading experience. How good is the software? These are what's important. I can gather how good the hardware is from the specs. But what makes readers different (overall) is the software.
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However, in this situation he's also completely wrong in saying that ebooks bring nothing new. They bring light. They bring lots of books in less space than print books need for each single book. They bring the ability to easily get your next book from any nearby Wifi or from anywhere in the case of my 3G Kindles. They bring a built-in dictionary. They bring text search. They bring adjustable fonts.
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Another thing eBooks bring is the ability for some people to read where they would not otherwise be able to read.