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Originally Posted by ardeegee
I annotate nothing, but I'd also like to tack on the weird refusal (I've seen many state here) to buy an ebook reader that doesn't include a dictionary. Yet I doubt those same people refuse to buy paper books that don't have a full dictionary stapled to the back cover. (And I don't sit around with a dictionary at hand while reading Just In Case.)
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For me, a dictionary (hell, I'd like encyclopedic reference) is a primary point behind me buying an ebook reader. All the other purported advantages mean far less to me. It was "hypertext" advantages that, to me, were the most significant potential technological advantage of ebooks.
FWIW, I used to use my old iMate "pocket PC" as my dictionary "at hand while reading Just In Case". Yes, my vocabulary is generally big enough to cover most things, and context is sufficient in most else, but I'm happy to admit to an obsessiveness to detail (in trying to understand, or avoid error) that drives this.
That is to say, it's less about me not having a dictionary at hand when reading pbooks, than there being subjectively little advantage (reason to buy) over pbooks in the absence of a dictionary.
Does this make sense, ardeegee? I've probably over-worded it a little, as I tend to do.
[FWIW again, good annotation & highlighting is something I'd strongly desire in an ebook reader, preferably in a manner that allows you to get those highlights and annotations out of the ebook into a separate file]
Cheers,
Marc