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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. sien · 1789948004 · focus · HN ↗

      I don't think you're one of the happy few.

      You're more like one of the happy many.

      Amazon has sold an estimated 70 million Kindle readers.

      Ebook sales are at least 20% of book sales.

      I read 60+ books a year. Almost all on my Kindle. My partner and my sister are similar. I know of one person who has bought a Kindle and not used it much.

      Australians alone are reading 1.6 billion pages a month on Kindles.

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      1. MathMonkeyMan · 1789981744 · focus · HN ↗

         I didn&#x27;t read OP&#x27;s remark as &quot;few people make long use out of e-readers,&quot; but rather &quot;many more people have e-readers and don&#x27;t use them,&quot; which I&#x27;m willing to believe but don&#x27;t have any evidence of. At the very least it&#x27;s likely to reflect the case with physical books. The people who don&#x27;t read you don&#x27;t hear as much from.

         1. tombert · 1790005977 · focus · HN ↗

            I don’t have any data, it just feels like a lot of my friends who got kindles for birthdays or Christmas would use it for a week and then then it would sit in a drawer for the remainder.

            To be fair, I don’t think most of those friends actually read that much though.

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