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edbro · 06-16-2010, 12:57 PM

I have been reading exclusively on my Sony PRS-505 and PRS-500 before that. I love them and haven't read a paper book in years now. I also read a lot more now than I did before my first ereader.

The only thing I find difficult with ereaders is searching. Many times I'll be in the middle of a book and they will mention a character that was briefly introduced 100 pages earlier and I had forgotten him/her. With a paper book it is easy to skim back through, recognizing appropriate parts of the story, and find that character introduction. I find that hard to do electronically. A couple of times I have resorted to creating a paper log of when characters were introduced. How do others handle this, or is it even a problem for anybody else?

06-16-2010, 12:57 PM	#1
edbro Banned Posts: 640 Karma: 4911 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Device: iPad4	My one dislike about ereaders I have been reading exclusively on my Sony PRS-505 and PRS-500 before that. I love them and haven't read a paper book in years now. I also read a lot more now than I did before my first ereader. The only thing I find difficult with ereaders is searching. Many times I'll be in the middle of a book and they will mention a character that was briefly introduced 100 pages earlier and I had forgotten him/her. With a paper book it is easy to skim back through, recognizing appropriate parts of the story, and find that character introduction. I find that hard to do electronically. A couple of times I have resorted to creating a paper log of when characters were introduced. How do others handle this, or is it even a problem for anybody else?