Tablet for reading large books (mostly academic)

[wmac]

Hello everyone,

I have owned several tablets and attempted to read books on them but I mostly find myself printing the ebook for reading (programming, academic, business...).

I think I print the book because I am not comfortable reading the ebook on the tablet or perhaps because it does not provide the features (i.e. writing and highlighting on the pages) in an intuitive way.

- Previously I was able to finish a few books on a 8.9 inch tablet but I was not happy of the battery life and quality.

- Then I bought a nexus 7. The quality and the battery life is ok but I am always panning, and zooming. In general the experience does not compare to reading a book. It just needs too much struggle to read a book. The highlighting is a disaster (it once took me 3 minutes to highlight a line).

Could users suggest me the tablet which they found most comfortable and more near to the experience of reading a book?

I should read hundreds of books (mostly academic and large) but the nexus 7 just does not work.

Thanks.

[meeera]

Most people would find it difficult to read scientific papers on a seven inch tablet. You are likely to find is easiest with a large tablet with the right aspect ratio. Since you haven't mentioned a budget, an iPad Air is probably your first choice.

There are a gazillion threads here on which device to buy for reading PDFs/technical papers - cruise a few of those for more opinions.

[HarryT]

I'd second the recommendation for an iPad. It has an excellent battery life and - more importantly for me - a 4:3 aspect ratio, which personally I find better for reading on than the 16:10 aspect ratio of most other tablets.