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i love the paperwhite kindle after upgrading from the old one with the keyboard after the screen broke.I've never used a kindle fire properly except when i looked at my friends. I have tried to read graphic novels on the normal Kindle in B&W but it was nothing but a pest. I personally feel graphic novels more or less need to be owned as a book to get the overall feel of the artwork.
Maybe if you're curious go get a comic reader and get a few freebies from them and see what you think.
I may just stick to ordering them in at the library, I still read "actual" books, as I love the feel, the smell. But I have issues with my hands, and I read mainly at night in bed, so the paperwhite has been a dream come true for me.Last Hero's by Terry Pratchett is so much better in real life than on the ereader.
I'm curious about whether others have found that they read more when using an e-reader. We recently invested in an iPad, and I've been amazed at how much more reading I get done; I was averaging one "Gutenberg" a week, and now I'm reading 3-4 books a week. I think this is largely due to the increased physical comfort of using an e-reader — I don't have to hold a book open, and I can adjust the brightness of the screen as the ambient light changes. Many of my older books are difficult to read, due to yellowing paper and fading ink.
@Mikana - Do you own an iPad or a tablet device? Because they use the comic readers I'm talking about. Amazon has seemed to have partnered with one of them as well.@Susan - Yes! I find I'm reading a lot faster as well...I think it's mostly due to changing the font to what i want and even making the font size a bit bigger..plus there is no uncomfortable book holding when up to page 500, etc.
Laura wrote: "... plus there is no uncomfortable book holding when up to page 500, etc. "Exactly! I would never have thought of reading as a physically taxing activity, but holding an extra-thick Gutenberg open does take a bit of effort.
@Laura - no, I don't have a tablet, well my son does, but it's lost at his dad's somewhere, hasn't been seen in months :(@Susan - Yes, my reading has increased since getting an ereader, the comfort level with my hands, I never realised how I only picked out small books, never read hard cover books and rarely picked up a large physical book, simply because most of my reading is late at night with a night light. Since having an ereader, I have tackled many "larger" books that I have previously avoided, as well as getting through a couple books a month (I'm still a slow reader).
I love my Kobo Glo which is a front light ereader. What I love most about it is that I can put it to sleep or power it off and the book cover stays up on the screen, so I have the cover association with what I'm reading and I seem to retain things about the book better that way. Kindles never did that before, has that changed?
I also use the Kindle app on my mini ipad but don't like it as much.
And yes, my reading has really increased.
I have the kindle app and the Kobo app on both my iPad and iPhone - love them. Threw my kindle out as I by far prefer them on my iPad and phone.
Has anybody tried the Kindle Voyage? I've got a Sony Reader which is beginning to stall a bit, and I use the Kindle app on my iPad, which works great. But it's glary compared to the Sony, and sometimes I need to take a break from the screens.I haven't used any real Kindles, so I don't quite understand what a "front" light is and whether it's like the Sony but with a light on it or whether it's a lighted screen you can read in the dark.
I agree with everyone about avoiding the heft of big books. And I also read more with an e-reader. Great inventions.
Oops just found a Kindle voyage topic.
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "... I use the Kindle app on my iPad, which works great. But it's glary compared to the Sony, and sometimes I need to take a break from the screen."I find my iPad screen a bit glary too, even though I turn down the brightness — but then I think it's a good idea to take a break from any screen from time to time.
For me, the major drawback to reading on the iPad is that it's extremely disruptive to my sleep, far more so than either the TV or desktop. I have to use a bit of discipline to close the iPad an hour or so before I want to sleep — no matter how fascinating the book — otherwise I will be wide awake at 2.00 am.
Susan wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "... I use the Kindle app on my iPad, which works great. But it's glary compared to the Sony, and sometimes I need to take a break from the screen."I find my iPad screen a..."
I'm lucky that the iPad doesn't seem to disrupt my sleep as much as other things being available on it disrupt my reading. If I suddenly remember an email or something, well, I can check it.
I do turn the brightness down and also make use of being able to select different background colours - the kind of sepia tones help, too.
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I do turn the brightness down and also make use of being able to select different background colours - the kind of sepia tones help, too. "I tried the sepia background, but it just reminded me of my old yellowed-with-age paperbacks, which is the last thing I want to see on my pristine new iPad, LOL!
I have mine switched to night mode - which is white writing on black - perfect for night. then I dim it to - so win win for me and hubby - I get to read and he doesn't have a bright light disturb him :)
I have a Kindle keyboard that I love, but have recently been considering getting a Kobo so that I can borrow ebooks from the library. I also have an iPad but don't like reading on it because of the backlit screen. I didn't know I could put it into night mode, is that through the Kindle app? I'd like to try that, before buying a new device.
The app for borrowing from my library has it's own "night" option. My library uses Axis360 and BorrowBox
Thanks Mikana, I'll have a look, I've only ever borrowed audiobooks on my iPad.
iBooks also has a "night" option (white writing on black).
The Kobo was the smallest, cheapest I could afford at the time, and it was great, but short lived - after a year of constant abuse it gave up the ghost. I loved the fact that this Kobo fit in my pocket so easily, and was a great introduciton to ereaders.
I now have a Kobo for my son, but I have moved on to Kindle Paperwhite, as I do most of my reading late at night, and have had just about every "night light" there has been, all of which have annoyed my partner at some point.
The Kindle Paperwhite is great for late night reads, theres no strain for my eyes even if I read for a few hours, and best yet it doesn't disturb my partner. I find the larger screen size great, although it does not fit into my pocket as easily as the Kobo did.
That being said, it goes everywhere with me now. My library has slowly dwindled as they are replaced with ebook versions, and I find I love my ereader the most when I finish a book, and actually have several others I want to read already lined up on my reader. I am thinking about investing in a Kindle Fire, as I would like to read a few graphic novels in colour, as well as have an reader I can "lend" to my mum and share the latest book I've fallen in love with, has anyone had experience with the Fire? or other readers and graphic novels?