Interested in ereaders

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org>

Thanks for your useful and thoughtful posting.  Really.

Now, on to the quibbles.

| The original gaps between tablets and dedicated ebook readers was price and
| screen quality, and in both areas the gap has narrowed considerably.

I have tablets and ereaders.  I find that the Kobo Mini is useful: its
battery life is an order of magnitude greater than any tablet, and
that matters.  It is also a lot slimmer than any tablet.  That
matters.

I rarely carry a tablet out of the house.  I often carry the Kobo
Mini (it is smaller than a paperback and serves the same purpose).

It is very convenient that I can share content between tablets and
ereaders.  Since the stuff is digital, that should be assumed, but DRM
could get in the way.  Kobo lets multiple devices use the same account
and share the content (there is some limit, but I haven't hit it).
Unfortunately, the Kobo software doesn't make it as easy for
sideloaded content.

| There is a reason why MP3 player sales are rapidly dying; phones can do
| just as good a job, and can do other things as well.

- old habits die hard.  I use an MP3 player by habit.

- batteries run out when you use a device.  Flattening a phone battery
  for (unimportant) MP3 listening is a bad thing.
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