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Originally Posted by Cootey
Although you will find many people who say 300dpi is good enough, these are people usually satisfied already with what they have. They either don't have a burning desire to replace what they have, or higher dpi does nothing for them. I think that the higher the dpi, the better, however.
eReaders are notorious for crude, barebones typography. iPads and other tablets have higher density dpi, allowing for smoother anti-aliasing and better simulation of real book experiences in regards to layout, drop caps, titles, images, etc. Many of my peers are hardcore pbook readers, several of them authors, and they don't find the ebook experience to be a beautiful one. In my opinion, they are book snobs. Yet, if eReaders approached the dpi density of tablets, the ebook experience would be a more compelling one for them.
Already, I'm seeing reMarkable eInk tablets showing up at writer's conferences with only keen interest surrounding the device. They are popular with editors. Even with a 1872 x 1404 display, it only has 226dpi, but what makes it compelling is the 2048 levels of pressure. Writers love scribbling on eInk as if it's paper, then mailing off PDFs of their notations. The conclusion there is that eInk is not a detriment in this case. What will cause readers in general to embrace eReaders? I argue that faster processors and a more intuitive reading experience will be necessary.
As for the article, you can see in the included screenshots how much of a difference there is in the Japanese characters between 150 dpi and 500 (though who reads on a Palm Pilot anymore?). 300 dpi to 600 will be a nice jump. The text will look gorgeous in comparison.
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Hmmm... you seem to be confusing typography with Great Ghu alone knows what. An ebook with ugly typography is going to be an ebook with ugly typography no matter what the DPI of the display it is being displayed on. As for iPad DPI? My iPad Pro has a massive 264DPI, slightly less than three of my Kobos which weigh in at 300DPI. The iPad mini's do have a slightly higher DPI at 326.
Hmmm... the two advantages to reading on my iPad Pro are 1. The colour display helps with the occasional image. Sadly most of my ebooks have 1 or two images. 2. The faster processor and more RAM help with displaying PDFs. Sadly most of my PDFs are tech manuals. The images are mostly diagrams in glorious living black and white. My laptop does an even better job of displaying those PDFs making it my goto device for that purpose despite it's "pathetic" 141DPI display. All being said and done, my Kobo is my goto ereader since the weight and battery life make it a much more enjoyable experience.
BTW, my ereaders all do an excellent job of displaying drop caps, small caps, title, chapter headings, etc. It comes down to the person who creates the ebook knowing what they are doing and not what display the ebook is being displayed on.
And could you please explain
WTF what a "more intuitive reading experience" is? Is this like "user friendly" when it comes to software? To quote W. Shakespeare, "
full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.".