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Originally Posted by Tarana
What is it about speed that you need it in an ebook? It 'turns' pages much faster than you could with a paper book. What am I missing? I get that the original kobo is slower than molasses, but none of the newer devices are slow.
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If I wanted to get a dedicated e-reader or each service, speed isn’t that much of an issue. But since I read from a couple of subscription services that isn’t entirely possible. While Kindle Unlimited works on Kindles, scribd doesn’t work on anything but more generic Android devices.
And there’s the rub. Switching between apps is dog slow on every generic Android e-ink device I’ve seen or owned. Animated page turns are hinky and not all apps allow for turning it off. And page turns are slow even without animation, and often they don’t turn when you tap for it.
IMO, the single reason for e-ink reading is the theory that they are better for your eyes. And more and more I’m convinced it isn’t much and it isn’t worth putting up with the sluggishness just for that. My eyes are fine and I’ve been reading ebooks on various devices over the years and I’m 75.
So these days I use an iPad Mini. Right size, right weight, great battery life, and I can read all my books on it. My Likebook Mars gets an OS check now and then to see if they’ve gotten around to making the current version of the Nook app work, otherwise it pretty much sits on the shelf.
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