I have several ereaders that allow landscape mode, including going all the way back to the original Rocket Ebook -- and, of course, Kindle offers it, too.
The advantage is huge for those of us who wear bifocals. Wide lines require only left-and-right eye tracking; tall pages require up and down head movement.
Also, next time you're on an airplane, walk the aisle and note the tablet users who are reading books; those who ACTUALLY HAVE A CHOICE (as opposed to those who are merely guessing at what it might be like to read in landscape mode) overwhelmingly choose landscape reading on tablets.
It's ridiculous that Kobo-owned Tolino offers landscape but Kobo's flagship Aura One doesn't.
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