As a sideways punt on the topic, has anyone noticed how quickly Google Play Books has become a real contender to Kindle?
Books here are almost always cheaper (often 50% or more) than on Amazon Kindle, and the Google magazine newsstand has begun to rock. Have spent more money there in the last couple of months than on Kindle. On 05-Jan-2014 11:22 pm, "Udhay Shankar N" <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > On 06-Jan-14 8:45 AM, SS wrote: > > > I find the Kindle/iPad format singularly useless for me. They are > > neither here nor there, and the books I want are unavailable. They > > cannot be accommodated in my pocket, which necessarily must carry keys, > > wallet, glasses and pen. Incidentally I have used my last two smart > > phones to read about 10,000 pages in books. I am comfortable with the > > small screen and a good smart phone does everything I need apart from > > allowing me to type comfortably, for which I need only one larger > > device, with no need to squeeze in a third "in between, neither this nor > > that" format. > > In my case, I resisted getting this device for many years. But here are > the things that finally convinced me to get one: > > 1. As you mentioned, font size flexibility. > 2. Portability of large book collections. > 3. It is, like a "real" book, a single-function object. The primary > problem (for me) with reading things on a computer screen is that I am > unable to single-task, and end up with 47 open windows and a fractured > attention span that does not lend itself to immersion. > > To be clear: I am not, by any means, giving up on actual paper books. > But this seems to be a useful additional option. > > Udhay > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > >
