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Originally Posted by issybird
7" isn't one thing or the other. It's too large to fit a smaller purse and to be comfortable holding in bed, but less than ideal for upright reading at home. If you're going to have only one reader, I see the case for it. But if you have more, or are willing to keep older devices in play (me!), I advocate the two-pronged strategy.
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I only read books at home (not because I'm housebound, but because I can't focus on a novel anywhere else) and never in bed, so there's no point for me to keep a smaller reader around, especially as I don't really like reading on a 6'' screen. When I'm out and about and finding myself bored, I read something on my phone (news, wikipedia articles, MobileRead - not books). This strategy works well enough for me, not saying that is what everyone else should do, of course. I know perfectly well that lots of people can read a book anywhere, even on public transport or in a store. I have never been able to do that, even as a child - I need a perfectly relaxed and stress-free environment to read a novel.
I also don't find 7'' less than ideal for reading at home, but then I use a fairly small font size. For me there's no real difference between 7'' and 8'', but there's a huge difference between 6'' and 7''. Yes, this sounds funny and weird, but it's the way things are for me.