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My reading preferences tend to be about the content rather than the device.
Once I begin reading I'm perfectly happy with a printed book, a hand-written letter, an E-ink reader, iTouch, netbook or whatever I have to hand at the time. They're all fine in their own way. In my book, the device or method is secondary. It's really all about the words.... |
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Yet, I'm gonna go with Steven on this one. Pbooks are still my preference. An iPad may or may not change that - I'll have to wait and see. Cheers, Marc |
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I can't wait to hear your report on the iPad. I want one so bad I can taste it, and was even thinking of using my tax refund to buy one, but I know in my heart that we have other priorities at this time. I don't think I'd prefer it for reading (it's too heavy and has a back-lit screen), but it looks like it would be ideal for writing.
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![]() Writing with your finger(s) seems pretty popular these days. ![]() As far as I can tell, the iPad 'keyboard' appears to be roomy enough to allow you to use whatever your preferred number of digits usually is - starting from hunt and peck with one or two fingers and going on upwards. There's a pic somewhere here (still working out the best way to show it...) of somebody who looks keen to use the full set of fingers. It looks feasible to me, but then I'm not too fussy. I've gone from writing on manual typewriters through to a variety of computer keyboards, plus texting on mobile phones whose input methods ranged from grindingly awful to surprisingly quick and easy. I'm pretty much equally scruffy on all of them... ![]() Quote:
I also actually like backlit screens. So, like you, I may well crack some time this year and get an iPad. I probably wouldn't get it solely as a book reader, but it has other features that I like too. There are a few restrictions that I'd prefer weren't there, but that seems to apply to pretty much any device and I've been able to work around things, or live with it, with my other gadgets. Cheers, Chris Last edited by ChrisC333; 03-16-2010 at 02:37 AM. |
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![]() No, and I don't try balancing them on the handlebars of the bike any more either. Plus, the broomstick just doesn't have the horsepower to take off with the extra cargo now.... I'm not normally a book weighing kind of guy, but all the talk on this forum about the specs and pros and cons of various rival devices prompted me to go back and try and impartially review the experience of reading 'real' books. It was really quite interesting. There were quite a few unexpected things, apart from the weight issue. (BTW the two hefty ones that I weighed were a big 'Coffee Table' style volume about Leonardo da Vinci, and a Compact Oxford English Dictionary which is only "compact" in the sense that they cram all 20 volumes into one single book by using miniaturized type and supplying a magnifier ![]() Other aspects that I hadn't really noticed much before, because I was so used to it, were things like the sometimes awkward curvature of the pages, especially the nearer you get to the beginning or end of the book. Also the need to use two hands to hold most paperbacks firmly open if they're to be discouraged from suddenly closing on you or sneakily skipping a chunk of pages if your grip slackens off... ![]() It really seems to boil down to whether you prefer grappling with book goblins or electronics gremlins. They're all prone to misbehave if you don't keep your guard up..... ![]() |
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![]() Right now, I can't afford one, which is probably just as well. I want to see how they perform in the real world before I commit to buying one. |
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I really think they use models with girly hands on those vids/pics. I've gotta say.... I think for a short note or email it would be ok... but for working on a long document it would be too small. Give me a full size keyboard anyday. BOb |
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Meezzah lahkss boookz becoz meezza lahkss peektchahzz!!!
![]() Anything that can bring me inside my reading bubble is adequate. My reader does it and so does paper. But content is king. When a paper books is well crafted, it points to the moods the writer wishes me to find in his stories. A competent publishig house will help an author a long way to achieve this, with artwork, choicy exerpts, additional information and a gorgeous layout. This is something not as likely to be found as satifying in most current ebook yet. I spent the last weekend in hospital. My wife brought me a paper novel and my Sony. Although I started with the Sony, I quickly went to the paper book. The dim lighting in hospitals is not appropriate for eink. And when you're drowning in pain, carried by morphine, you easily go for the more practical; at that time paper was. Paper is less at a risk of being stolen too because most people hate reading but they do love their gadgetlust... I can give a gazillion reasons for preferring each side over the other but it all comes down to finding my reading bubble, and staying in it... |
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