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Originally Posted by Quoth
So for reading novels, more than 9" seems too big and less than 5" too small for long sessions and 8″ most like a paperback for me. After over 12 years and maybe 15 models of eink, I'm convinced the best way to read ebook novels (not graphic, multimedia, interactive, fixed layout or PDF) is a 6″ to less than 9″ 300 dpi mono eink.
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These are your personal preferences, nothing else. People tend to read things differently. 8'' is the size of one page of a larger paperback book. As books go, you tend to see two 8'' pages side by side (unless you have a go at cracking the spine), so you can't get that on an 8'' reader. After that, a lot depends on distance to the screen. Some people prefer small fonts and having their eyes close to the screen, some larger distances. There's negative space to consider, also, and it's again down to personal preference. I used to be in the habit of maximising text over everything, I'd use custom programs just so I could read on the widest possible margins, now I prefer the opposite. Choices, the best thing about e-readers is that they provide people with different means to read. I'm pretty sure that that's also the reason why there are so many different options to buy.