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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
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Very few paperbacks are that large here, they're far more typically A size (~8" diagonal) rather than "trade" size (which is 135 mm x 216mm (5.32" x 8.51") - a 10" diagonal), 7"x9" is a hardback size.
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"But the new Apple MacBooks do 7 hours on video"
Knowing someone with one, I will quote his take on that: "If you're watching just the right format in a letterbox format". Okay, actually it was ruder than that, but that's the gist of it. And for the iRex, you mean 6-7 hours? Well, how does that compete again?
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Where is "here?" The supermarket checkout stand?
Because this is where the smallest size of paperbacks, that you refer to, is generally found. And maybe that's why you're used to cr@ppy typesetting....
I have had an 8" e-reader, I currently have a 6" one, as well as an 9.7" one. For me, the 6" inch provides an experience similar to reading a manuscript though a 6" frame. Fine, but not exactly enjoyable.
The Kindle DX is better, but the screen is still not large enough to get me to the size of a hardcover, and the lack of decent PDF support means, that it still feels like I am reading a manuscript, rather than a book.
As to your MacBook comment, I can't make any sense of it. And I do have one of the new sealed battery MacBooks, so if you have a question, just ask.