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What do you do when you encounter some unfamiliar word/phrase/line that you don't understand?

(A) Break the flow and look it up
(B) Try getting meaning from context
(C) Skip and continue
(D) ?

>> No.8118329

>>8118283
>reading for flow

>> No.8118331

>>8118283
B then A
Keep reading to the end of paragraph trying to get meaning from context, then look it up. If I was wrong I'll read the paragraph again.

>> No.8118344

>>8118331

this

Understanding of the text is more important than speed.

>> No.8118367

>>8118329
I got a funky-funky style with a funky swag
I got a funky-funky style with a funky swag
I bought the funky-funky Nikes, got the hat to match
I bought the funky-funky Nikes, got the hat to match
I got a funky-funky style with a funky swag
I got a funky-funky style with a funky swag
And when I kill 'em with the flow, ain't no comin' back
And when I kill 'em with the flow, ain't no comin' back, back, back

>> No.8118375

>>8118331
>>8118344

I might just buy a Kindle because of this shit.

>> No.8118388

>>8118375
seconded for the e-reader, dissed for the Amazon-brand part.
not trying to shill but if I did I would totally suggest Kobo

>> No.8118411
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8118411

>>8118388
I'm really afraid of buying a Kobo. Even though, they are actually available in my country whereas the Kindle isn't. I have to import it from the American Amazon.

I'm afraid of 2 things in the Kobo:
>The available library
>The screen quality and display, after seeing it compared to the paper-white.

What do you think?

>> No.8118433

>>8118411
>The available library
?
I have a paper-white myself, and the Kobo generally handles different formats better, generally speaking Kindles only do well with .mobi's, which granted can be easily converted in Calibre, but still.
I think also that the screen quality and display are roughly comparable, other than the interface, I really do not see anything that differs greatly from eachother.

>> No.8118440

>>8118433
My Kindle reading experience has been vastly improved by setting Calibre to converting to azw3, not mobi.
Now foot-notes etc. pop up in their own proper window, with the conversion to mobi it was a mess.

>> No.8118449

>>8118433
I thought the libraries available were exclusive formats.

For example. I thought Amazon had exclusive e-books that only the Kindle could read.

>> No.8118470

>>8118375
Exact same thoughts.

>> No.8118475

>>8118440
Ah, thanks for the heads up, haven't really tried anything else than the mobi format.
>>8118449
I'm not that knowledgeable on different formats and all that, but I know that the kobo is able to read epubs as well as pdfs (faster than paper-white, I believe). This is handy, because you get your ebooks in epub format more often than in mobi format, or like the other anon mentioned, the azw3 format.

>> No.8118476

>>8118449
you just pirate the books anyway.

>> No.8118754

>>8118476
You use pirate-bay? what about DRM?

>> No.8118787

>>8118754
some people can break drm.
bookzz and libgen

>> No.8118873

can you put Amazon-bought Kindle e-books into a Kobo though?

>> No.8119797

>>8118873
I think you can. I'd like to know this too.