What reader be it app or device offers the most "book like" experience?

OverHaze · 10-08-2015, 12:56 PM

As the title says what ebook reader (app or device) offers the most "book like" experience in your opinion? Is there anything out there that comes close to spoofing the experience of an honest to goodness dead tree?

theducks · 10-08-2015, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by OverHaze

As the title says what ebook reader (app or device) offers the most "book like" experience in your opinion? Is there anything out there that comes close to spoofing the experience of an honest to goodness dead tree?

Nope

No weight / Heft
No torn (or now crumbling) pages
No paper cuts

No 3D physical motion to turn a page

eschwartz · 10-08-2015, 01:33 PM

Addendum:

No frantically flipping through hundreds of pages to find a particular scene/description (indexed search is VERY unrealistic, not DTB at all).
No lugging around suitcases full of books when traveling -- empty suitcases are no fun.

But I suppose there is always this:

ZodWallop · 10-08-2015, 02:46 PM

Kindle's new layout engine allowing improved dropcap and auto-hyphenation coupled with Bookerly's ligatures and the Kindle's (PW3 and Voyage) high resolution is very book-like.

ProfCrash · 10-08-2015, 03:03 PM

I was impressed with how much the Kindle 1 looked like a book. Honestly, I thought it looked great back then.

ZodWallop · 10-08-2015, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I was impressed with how much the Kindle 1 looked like a book. Honestly, I thought it looked great back then.

I still like how my Nook Simple Touch looks,as far as that goes. The auto-hypenation made e-books feel much more 'book-like' on ePub readers than on the Kindle, but they have now caught up, to be fair.

tomsem · 10-08-2015, 04:44 PM

Marvin (on iOS) lets you apply a variety of colors and 'patterns' as the background. It's interesting, but I haven't formed an opinion about it as to whether it is (or can be) 'book-like'.

JSWolf · 10-08-2015, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Kindle's new layout engine allowing improved dropcap and auto-hyphenation coupled with Bookerly's ligatures and the Kindle's (PW3 and Voyage) high resolution is very book-like.

Maybe more book like than before, but after experiencing both the PW3 and the H2O, the H2O's better options and CSS customizing as well as the 6.8" screen give the H2O a more pBook like feel.

JSWolf · 10-08-2015, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tomsem

Marvin (on iOS) lets you apply a variety of colors and 'patterns' as the background. It's interesting, but I haven't formed an opinion about it as to whether it is (or can be) 'book-like'.

That's actually less pBook like. I do use Marvin and it's not really pBook like.

Chi Cygni · 10-08-2015, 05:17 PM

H2O totally feels like a book. Imho.

ZodWallop · 10-08-2015, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

...as well as the 6.8" screen give the H2O a more pBook like feel.

Screen size doesn't matter much to me. I usually read mass market paperbacks which are roughly the size of the average 6" screen. I do think the H20 is a lovely piece of tech though.

JSWolf · 10-08-2015, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Screen size doesn't matter much to me. I usually read mass market paperbacks which are roughly the size of the average 6" screen. I do think the H20 is a lovely piece of tech though.

Mass market is dying in place of the taller trade paperbacks. So the bigger screen of the H2O does make a difference.

Turtle91 · 10-08-2015, 07:51 PM

Really the only thing I would remotely care about having an ereader be like a pBook is the 3D page turn animation....just 'cuz I think it's fun! The ONLY benefit a pBook has over an eBook is that you OWN the pBook that you buy instead of licensing it... soooo wouldn't the more relevant question be: "Which reader gives the most enjoyable reading experience?"

ZodWallop · 10-08-2015, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Mass market is dying in place of the taller trade paperbacks. So the bigger screen of the H2O does make a difference.

That's neither here nor there. The 6" screen size reminds me of the books I've read my whole life. Screen size is all just personal preference anyway.

GeoffR · 10-08-2015, 11:26 PM

The book-like reading experience is much more to do with the ebook publisher than with the device IMO. The thing I miss most about the experience of reading paper books was not needing to fix all the spelling and formatting mistakes in ebooks.

10-08-2015, 12:56 PM	#1
OverHaze Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 2227232 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kindle Voyage, iPad Air 2	What reader be it app or device offers the most "book like" experience? As the title says what ebook reader (app or device) offers the most "book like" experience in your opinion? Is there anything out there that comes close to spoofing the experience of an honest to goodness dead tree?

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Addendum: No frantically flipping through hundreds of pages to find a particular scene/description (indexed search is VERY unrealistic, not DTB at all). No lugging around suitcases full of books when traveling -- empty suitcases are no fun. But I suppose there is always this:

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ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 11,478 Karma: 111164374 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara BW; Nook ST w/Glowlight, Paperwhite 3	Kindle's new layout engine allowing improved dropcap and auto-hyphenation coupled with Bookerly's ligatures and the Kindle's (PW3 and Voyage) high resolution is very book-like.

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ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I was impressed with how much the Kindle 1 looked like a book. Honestly, I thought it looked great back then.

10-08-2015, 04:44 PM	#7
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,939 Karma: 27060151 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Marvin (on iOS) lets you apply a variety of colors and 'patterns' as the background. It's interesting, but I haven't formed an opinion about it as to whether it is (or can be) 'book-like'.

10-08-2015, 05:17 PM	#10
Chi Cygni 秋子 permanently lurking Posts: 844 Karma: 6590735 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Europe Device: Oasis 3, Pocketbook Era	H2O totally feels like a book. Imho.

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Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,347 Karma: 20171571 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Really the only thing I would remotely care about having an ereader be like a pBook is the 3D page turn animation....just 'cuz I think it's fun! The ONLY benefit a pBook has over an eBook is that you OWN the pBook that you buy instead of licensing it... soooo wouldn't the more relevant question be: "Which reader gives the most enjoyable reading experience?"

10-08-2015, 11:26 PM	#15
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	The book-like reading experience is much more to do with the ebook publisher than with the device IMO. The thing I miss most about the experience of reading paper books was not needing to fix all the spelling and formatting mistakes in ebooks.

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