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9501671

Anonymous Sat May 13 11:55:18 2017 No.9501671 [Reply] [Original]

Why are eReaders better than paper books?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 11:59:28 2017 No.9501683 >>9501671 Because they have text to speech. And no, I don't like audio books.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 12:00:02 2017 No.9501687 >less weight = easier to carry around and read in bed >could hold a thousand books >you could change the font, spacing and letter size >hipster whores like them Meh, I recently bought my first e-reader and I'm still in the honeymoon phase.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 12:06:14 2017 No.9501717 >>9501687 What did you buy, anon?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 12:15:31 2017 No.9501761 >>9501717 Kindle Paperwhite 3

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 12:16:48 2017 No.9501768 >>9501671 >lighter >build in dictionary >easier to read (you can change the font and size and cheap books can have bad printing) >cheaper or free books >1000's of books >no need for proper lightning I can even read under water with my kobo

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 12:18:44 2017 No.9501776 >>9501671 nobody can see what I am reading, so I can't show my superiority to them with a ereader. paper wins.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 12:26:44 2017 No.9501799 >>9501776 On the other hand nobody can you see you reading children books or Nazi shit.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 12:31:24 2017 No.9501814 >>9501799 So which one is better?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 19:50:23 2017 No.9503330 File: 256 KB, 1414x850, 1494677854381.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] When does the E-INK patent end? Why haven't the Chinese made cheap clones with good specifications?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 19:52:19 2017 No.9503338 >>9501671 Every paper book you add to your library takes some carbon that a tree pulled from the atmosphere and stores it away for good. Building a big collection of books is a Green act...

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 20:21:08 2017 No.9503419 >>9501671 I still buy and read paper books but it's more annoying to read them now that I've been using an eReader for the majority of my reading over the last year and a half.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 13 21:32:46 2017 No.9503645 >>9501671 With an E-Reader I cant get books for free senpai-lam. I have save SO MUCH space and money because of an E-Reader.