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Old 02-16-2011, 12:27 PM   #16
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I hate staring into a flashlight while reading (which is what a backlit screen feels like over long periods).
If it's set too brightly, sure.
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Old 02-26-2011, 09:59 PM   #17
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I've written a 1300 page novel but I'm waiting to release it until ereaders come with 21" screens.
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Old 02-26-2011, 11:23 PM   #18
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Enough with the shorter books
Hey, please cut out the requests for shorter books for smaller readers. I'm 73 and I've been reading on small screens since Palm Pilots and Peanut Press. I've gone through PDAs, Palm phones, Windows phones and now Android. I like my reader available all the time so I can get in a few paragraphs or a chapter at lunch or during a break. I'm not lugging a Kindle or Nook around in my hand. It fits a dress shirt pocket or I don't own it.

As for book size, just because I read on a small screen doesn't mean I want a short story. I love the words and the details. I love series. I like to see the characters grow, mature and develop. I love the interaction between the regular characters and between them and new characters. Even if a minor character is going to be killed off or leave the plot, I still like to know about him or her. Don't go writing your books like they were a one-hour TV show. Some of us like to know what goes on in the character's heads.
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Old 02-27-2011, 09:17 AM   #19
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Old 02-27-2011, 10:51 AM   #20
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I wouldn't mind serialized stories like ones that are in magazines. Can't really explain. WIPs are nice too as long as it gets finished. Or simply short side stories about any of the author's established characters. I always enjoy reading about those and gives me more detailed insight of a certain character.
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Between 2004 and 2009, I read hundreds of books on a 160x160 pixel PDA screen.
With the right formatting, a 160x160 pixel screen was very usable for ebooks. The ebook software for the Palm (the Palm Reader) was good and Palm made software available that made it easy to make ebooks for the Palm Reader.

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I hate staring into a flashlight while reading (which is what a backlit screen feels like over long periods).
That's what I liked about my Palm Vx when reading ebooks: the screen was viewable without a backlight, and when you did turn on the backlight it just lit the non-background items on the screen (such as lighting the letters on screen rather than the background). This significantly reduced the amount of glare from the backlight and allowed me to read for long periods of time without discomfort.
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Old 02-27-2011, 11:17 AM   #22
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I've written a 1300 page novel but I'm waiting to release it until ereaders come with 21" screens.
no, it's much better in a 42" screen. I love reading Robinson Crusoe in my HDTV. All 4 pages of it.
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