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Have You Changed Your Opinion On eBook Readers?

Posted by Soulskill on from the indispensible-or-expensive-e-paperweight dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Kindle made waves when it came out, but they've now had the chance to calm. How many of you have been using your eBook readers since you've received them? How many of you forgot you had one, and how many of you swear by your reader? I like my single-purpose (well, dual — music player) Sony Reader because I actually use it to read, rather than multitasking myself to death. Is this technology as convenient and useful as you expected?" If not, what refinements or improvements would reKindle your interest?

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  1. I haven't changed my mind by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The kindle is still overpriced and ugly as Hillary Clinton's cunt. Tip: get inspiration from Apple, not Microsoft.

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    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  2. Re:I have totally switched by Lincolnshire+Poacher · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    > being able to read anything I fancy with a few keyboard strokes.

    Anything? OK then:

    ISBN: 1857801776
    Tupolev Tu-16 Badger (Aerofax)
    by Yefim Gordon, Vladimir Rigmant

    Nope, no eBook.

    eBooks address only a small subset of published works: ephemeral, fictive works for people who read to pass the time.

    The best that I can say about eBook Readers is that they may eventually eliminate the paperback novel industry and bookshops might then concentrate on stocking books for those of us who wish to be educated, not titillated.