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Originally Posted by kuliand
The main issue i have is with this idea that a netbook will make a good ebook read for 90% of people most of time it won't. The idea of holding a big chunky netbook like a book just does not do it for me even it had an E-ink like screen for reading.
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I have a feeling you have it the other way around. Avid readers would likely prefer dedicated e-ink devices, maybe even 100% of them (at least the ones who read ebooks and are not married to paperbooks), but I seriously don't think that's equivalent to 90% of the general populace. Just in case it's escaped your attention, avid readers are not the mainstream.
Also, you don't need to read in portrait mode (albeit, being able to do so is useful when reading comics/manga on a tiny screen). You can just read in landscape with the netbook sitting on your lap or desk. For casual readers, that probably works well enough.