Amazon Kindle (ebook thingy)

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plus:
-- you can fall asleep whilst reading without creasing pages / facial papercuts
-- backlight means you don't need the main bedroom light on / can read between bands
-- ebooks are cheaper / free

minus:
-- ocr errors
-- amazon drm / hegemony

koogs, Friday, 10 May 2024 13:26 (three weeks ago) link

plus:
-- choice of fonts (serif for victorian novels, sans for sci fi) / text size

koogs, Friday, 10 May 2024 13:26 (three weeks ago) link

-- Every non-reading experience on the Kindle is bad, which keeps me focused on reading

Btw, this would basically be the main positive of an e-ink phone. Much like the reason why I am sometimes tempted to just buy a flip phone it would prevent me from wasting time doing dumb shit.

silverfish, Friday, 10 May 2024 13:41 (three weeks ago) link

three weeks pass...

https://play.google.com/store/books

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koogs, Sunday, 2 June 2024 19:05 (two days ago) link


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