Physical page turning on ebook readers - Paranga

[wgwood]

Originally Posted by carpetmojo

My 650 is in a cover, and twice last week - and not for the first time, I might add - I found myself turning the ereader over, as of a page..........

The quote above made me laugh because I recently had the opposite experience. I read quite a bit on my prs-300, so much so that the page turn button has become shiny, and it has almost become a subconscious action.

I received my Campmor catalog the other day. It is about exactly the same dimensions as my 300 with a cover. I started leafing through it, stopped to read an item description, and then found myself tapping repeatedly on the bottom of the page with my finger, trying to turn the page. For just an instant I thought something was wrong with my reader...

Regards,
Greg

[queentess]

Originally Posted by wgwood

I received my Campmor catalog the other day. It is about exactly the same dimensions as my 300 with a cover. I started leafing through it, stopped to read an item description, and then found myself tapping repeatedly on the bottom of the page with my finger, trying to turn the page. For just an instant I thought something was wrong with my reader...

I do that sometimes, but it's usually for the dictionary, not page turning. I'll keep twitching my right thumb, trying to bring the cursor down to the word so I can look it up.

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

There's a fix for that: Stop reading things on paper!

[Poppaea]

Originally Posted by RainingLemur

Just introduce a smell-o-vision type module into new ereaders that puts out new-book smell when you are syncing files or browsing respective marketplaces.

http://smellofbooks.com/

[Joonbug1]

I agree with those who feel this is such a gimmick.