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1. tombert · 1789921845 · focus · HN ↗

   I read a lot, and I own a lot of physical books, but I almost never actually read physical books anymore. I'm one of the happy few that used my Kindle for more than a week after getting it as a gift.

   I find that reading on an ereader is many times easier for me, primarily because I can make the text gigantic and I don't lose track of my place on the page nearly as often. I'm not dyslexic (I've been tested), but I do think that there's some issue with my brain where if the text is small I really can't follow it. On all my computers the text is gigantic and even then I will click and highlight text as I'm reading so don't lose place. I would love to be paid to read but I don't think I'd love to be paid to read physical books.

   I remember my grandmother was wholly unconvinced that my Kindle was a different thing than an iPad or a Game Boy, and that it was not "real" reading, for whatever reason.

   1. rapidfl · 1789972927 · focus · HN ↗

      > primarily because I can make the text gigantic and I don't lose track of my place on the page nearly as often... where if the text is small I really can't follow it. On all my computers the text is gigantic

      +1 I prefer the Kindle for the exact same reasons.

      I used to read a lot of physical books. But I can't tolerate physical books after I started reading on the Kindle, especially books with tiny text.

      Plus it is easier to keep a better posture with the Kindle.

      But it still does not feel so good to buy Kindle ebooks. Somehow purchasing physical books seems more justifiable.

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