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Originally Posted by barryem
By the way back in my paper book days it was kind of the same. I nearly always read paperbacks. Hardbacks were way too cumbersome. I nearly always had my current book in my hip pocket. That doesn't work with a hard back. And a paperback is a LOT easier to read sitting under a tree and the difference is even greater when reading in bed. I never did figure out how to read a hardback in bed comfortably.
And trade paperbacks were just hardbacks with soft covers to me. They were too big.
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I had the same problem with large/heavy paper books being awkward to hold in small hands, but an e-reader is a lot more ergonomic; lighter and easier to hold, since you don't have to mash it to keep the pages open as well as supporting the weight of the book. I read on a 6" 4th-generation Kindle for many years and now use a 7.8" Inkpad 3 as my primary device. It doesn't seem much heavier in my hand than the old Kindle in spite of the larger screen. I do prefer the location of the Kindle's page turn buttons on the side edges of the reader instead of the bottom front, though.