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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I have a Clara Color (well, my kid has one) and the color covers are neat for, like, ten seconds. I wouldn't mind reading on a color reader. They are less contrast-y in black and white, but not enough to bother me anyway. It's just that in my experience, the color really didn't add much. And the price for the Colorsoft feels pretty steep.
Even the color cover on the sleep screen, when I open the sleep cover, it usually disappears before I could even see it.
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Indeed a colour device makes sense if you use colour. For me too, it seems to me "little" colour to limit myself to the covers and underlining, although from what I read many users are happy with just that, and what matters is always the individual's satisfaction. In my particular case of use I also apply colour to the text of the book (headers and footers, chapter titles, initial letters, notes, quotations...) and it is now very difficult for me to do without colour. In fact that's why I don't have a colour e-reader with Linux (Kobo, PocketBook and now Kindle), not because they have colour, but because they have "little" colour. The day when it will be possible from the e-reader itself to apply colour to the text, I will definitely buy a Linux device.
I don't mind the issue of contrast and sharpness. In the conditions in which I use my colour e-readers (indoors and with the lighting on) I find it very difficult to find significant differences. The only significant difference I find with my monochrome e-readers is that some have colour and some do not. I sincerely believe that an average user will have no problems in this aspect (in these conditions of use). And as I have said on other occasions, the criterion of excellence (best resolution, contrast, sharpness, illumination...) is not the only criterion people use to buy an e-reader. Individual circumstances and personal preferences bring other factors into play in the buying process, and that is why any brand does not have just one "excellent" e-reader for sale, but a variety of very different models. A basic Kindle (167 ppi, no illumination) coexisted with the Kindle Voyage (and I dare say sold more). Or a Kobo Nia coexisted with a Kobo Libra 2. In this sense, there will always be people who prefer a colour e-reader, despite its shortcomings, to a monochrome e-reader. Simply because one has colour and one doesn't, no matter how good it is. So personally I'm glad that Kindle has joined the colour e-reader bandwagon. Now all the major brands have them and it will be up to the user to choose them or not.