e-book enabling?
Mar. 7th, 2013 04:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thanateThere was some discussion when grauwulf did the taxes in which he tried to convince me to take (largeish sum of money) out of the state refund as a pregnancy/birthing/infant care bonus. I haven't done it, as we have somewhat different ideas of how to handle finances (which is why I'm the one who handles bills & things) despite having a mental list of garden and possibly-a-doll things that could easily blow through the discussed amount. But I am again considering the whole e-reader thing. Probably not Kindle (not fond of being wedded to amazon format or delivery, and that they can just go in and wipe your device at will or system error does not make me happy.) and sort of leaning towards Kobo Glow, despite not actually having been able to find a real one to look at.
I think (in the absence of actually owning a device) that I'm not worried about having something where I have to route everything through my computer, so the relative smallness of the Kobo online store doesn't bother me terribly. I am NOT FOND of the screen flash thing, and don't expect I ever will be, but that also seems to come with the territory. No need for color or other excitement-- if I need pictures, I'll buy a real copy. My basic requirements are for something that I can read book-length amounts of text on without giving myself migraines, long battery life, and decent amounts of storage space. Nice clear light possibly a plus, non-reflective screen options more so (though I gather there are applied options for that if the device itself doesn't provide.)
Anyone have thoughts, or pros/cons about what you've used?
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I think (in the absence of actually owning a device) that I'm not worried about having something where I have to route everything through my computer, so the relative smallness of the Kobo online store doesn't bother me terribly. I am NOT FOND of the screen flash thing, and don't expect I ever will be, but that also seems to come with the territory. No need for color or other excitement-- if I need pictures, I'll buy a real copy. My basic requirements are for something that I can read book-length amounts of text on without giving myself migraines, long battery life, and decent amounts of storage space. Nice clear light possibly a plus, non-reflective screen options more so (though I gather there are applied options for that if the device itself doesn't provide.)
Anyone have thoughts, or pros/cons about what you've used?
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