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Originally Posted by etoile
I've seen so many people here in mobileread who have more than two ebook readers.
Now, I have iriver Story and I don't feel any incomfortable with it.
I am just curious that why you guys have more than two readers. Is the reason that you are not satisfied with your previous one and then buy new one?  ?? |
First of all, the very first week with a new gadget always is the most entertaining one.
I've got my iPad on Thursday last week and haven't even touched any of my other readers since then. (Won't last very long though, tomorrow I'll finish a book on PocketBook 360).
Second, each reader has different capabilities. I'll take PocketBook 360 with me to the beach. I'll put it in a bag and turn pages via wrist-turn-mode. I couldn't do that with any of the bigger readers.
In the evening, when on the couch, I prefer a bigger screen than PocketBook 360's 5". I'll comfortably read on iRex 800.
Another differentiator are file formats. Of course you can convert, but often the result is less than acceptable. So I've got my favorite(s) for ePUBS or PDFs.
And I've got my favorites, depending on the shop I'm purchasing my books. When regional restrictions bother me too much, I shop from Amazon - and then I tend to use Kindle natively for the AZW files.
In general, the perfect combo in my opinion would be:
A 5" reader for mobility.
A bigger (ca. 8") reader for "professional documents" (PDFs more or less in their original size and layout).
A multi-purpose unit (i. e. tablet, UMPC, netbook, ...) for browsing the web, maybe watching a movie or playing some games.