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Originally Posted by theducks
 They have their place (like Maps and diagrams), but for my portable reads? Nope. |
I have thousands of technical PDFs and 100s of scans of ancient books & magazines. The books just about work on a Sage. Some magasines work on Elipsa or Sage. Tech PDFs are fine on Elipsa (too small for my old eyes on Sage), but all of that is free and unavailable on paper now.
The 23″ 4K HDR LG screen has made a big difference for PDFs. Almost like well lit coloured paper. Brightness at about 8%!
I've a lot of real maps. Irish & UK Ordinance survey, also some road maps, which are far better than Satnav.
I've a load of large illustrated books, like Pre-Raphaelite art, Herbs & Herbalism, various Fairies, History of BBC, Ireland, Castles, Tolkien's art, specialist Atlases, travel, history etc. Issues with the idea of electronic versions:
1) There are not enough variety of shapes of tablets. Only 4:3, 16:9, 16:10.
2) A 10" tablet isn't big enough and a decent 14" approx is more expensive than a laptop.
3) Most tablets have too shiny screen.
4) No current known eink technology is ever going to be good enough.
5) Power consumption
I'll stick to having those kinds of books (large, illustrated, photographic) on paper.
But I sometimes now buy fiction ebooks of paper editions I already have it the price is right. Easier to read than tiny (maybe smudged) print on cheap wood pulp paper!