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Originally Posted by MarkSaksa
Dear e-paper readers
I´m a Finnish journalist working in Washington D.C. I write for a major Finnish newspaper called Helsingin Sanomat. I'm interested in speaking with people who read their newspapers with e-readers. Do they feel difference paper and ink. Is there any? If yes is it positive or negative? I would like to speak with you on the phone but if you live in Washington D.C. area maybe we can each other.
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Markku Saksa
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I would imagine that the majority of on-line Newspaper reading goes on via PCs or similar, not yet eBooks. Your typical eBook is still kind of small screened, low-res.
For my household, New York, we get two newspapers (NYTimes is one, the other is more local), but while my wife never reads online, I actually tend to read them more online than off. Partly a time thing, I read early in the morning, sometimes the paper hasn't shown up yet, partly the newspapers themselves have become sort of link pages. My wife, almost never online, always holding a printed page. But I have to say, reading online, I miss the ability to scan the paper, read articles that I don't necessarily spot online. And even with the shrinking newspapers, and ink/quality problems, they are somewhat easier on the eyes, than computer screens (and I have nice ones, 24", so it's the classic screen vs. print thing).
eBook readers, when they get big enough, will take off on newspapers. And I'd say the impending 9.7" screens (or the iRex DR 10.2" current screen) are the base entry level for practical newspaper reading. Not that people are not reading Newspapers on Kindles, but I think the 9.7" ones will be the tipping point. And of course, e-Ink type technology makes them then easier on the eyes. Plus there's probably a heck of a play on saved-trees/green, coming up, soon as the marketing types get going.