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Chopping up books when they're physically too big

229 points · 211 comments · matt_kirkland

  1. WalterBright · · focus · HN ↗
    I use an ereader a lot. They have glaring lacks that nobody seems to have addressed:

    1. Two page layout. This gives you more context when reading.

    2. Imperfect printing. Older books have imperfect impressions of letters.

    3. Tan colored background, which varies across the page and from page to page. Grey is so sterile.

    4. Cannot stick a thumb on a page and flip forward and backward with your other thumb.

    1. sfRattan · · focus · HN ↗
      On the flipside, if I fall asleep reading my ereader, I almost never lose my page. It just goes to sleep too, with the last open page ready to resume.
      1. WalterBright · · focus · HN ↗
        And the ereader doesn't leave my fingers smelling like mildew!
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