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[-] InfiniteFlow@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I reluctantly started reading ebooks years ago for a very practical reason: owning some few thousand physical books, I pretty much ran out of room in the shelves in my small apartment. So nowadays I only buy physical art books and the like. Having said this, I actually easily grew to like ebooks, for their ubiquitous availability and, of course, not taking up precious shelf space.

Have to read them in an ereader for a proper experience, though. Tablet/smartphone displays tire my eyes a lot if I read for any meaningful period of time.

[-] FoundTheVegan@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've heard from an optometrist that Amazon paperlites solve the eye strain issue. Specfically asking "Why do you hate your eyes?" when I told him I read via a tablet.

The only downside is giving Amazon money...

[-] Bread@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Kobo ereaders work just as well and you can bring your own books.

[-] starbreaker@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

I have a Kobo, and it's fucking sweet. You don't even need EPUB format; Kobos read plain fucking text.

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