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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Everyone has their own preferences and priorities.
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Indeed, from reading through forum posts one might conclude that e-reader users are some of the most opinionated people on the planet
Reports of the demise of B&N have been greatly exaggerated. They're dying...and yet...they're not. Their e-reader production is going to end...and yet...it has not. It's hard to imagine any major corporate bookseller these days which would not be involved in the e-book business and not attempt to "capture" part of that business (and customers) with their own devices/software.
That may not be done well, it may not be done enthusiastically, and the hardware/software might not suit everyone (back to "de gustibus non est disputandum"), but it will probably happen.
So....I still like my NST and NSTG (stifle the groans) and read several hours a day. But if I were just getting into the market now I'd probably get a Meebook M6. Then all doors are open.
I often wonder just how people read actual physical books in the now seemingly distant past. No fonts from Mars, no page-turn buttons (gasp!). Maybe they just didn't. But now you can have it
your way (except when you can't). So if more people are reading because the lack of page-turn buttons or fonts galore were turning them away from actual books, that's a win, right?