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Originally Posted by LordP
"Given that my Kobos live in sleep covers, I seldom see the sleep screen so whether the numbers are legible is a matter of total indifference to me."
Good for you. However, I'm not sure "Kobos live in sleep covers" is as universal as you think - I never use sleep covers because I feel it defeats the purpose of the device being lightweight. I despise them, and I don't imagine for one second that I'm the only one who does.
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I won't argue with some people not liking sleep covers—chacun à son goût. After all, there are still people who argue against wearing seat belts and motorcycle helmets.
I prefer having my ereaders in covers for the protection they give the screen and their ability to automatically sleep/wake my ereaders. Since my ereader in use lives either in my laptop bag where there are quite a few items that could damage the screen or in a jacket pocket where they could easily be bumped, I do appreciate the protection offered by the sleep cover.
As for the weight? 90%+ of my hardcovers and a good percentage of my paperbacks outweigh my Sage in it's sleep cover. E.g. my hardcover of Greg Bear's
Anvil of Stars weighs in at 585g, my hardcover of David Weber's
In Fury Born weighs in at 1089g and my paperback of Peter Watt's
Blind Sight weighs in at 430g while my Sage in it's sleepcover weighs in at 402g. I picked those 3 books since they were on top of a box of books that I am giving away.