I've been reading an awful lot lately, both books and fanfiction. I don't mind reading long texts on the computer screen, but I'm still finding it way more comfortable (and containing way less sources of distraction) to read on the couch or in bed. So I've been printing out lots. I've found a good combination of small font size and little free
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And I installed Calibre and am learning how to use it. AO3 is awesome - unfortunately not everything I want to read is uploaded there, but I'm doing okay so far.
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What I've heard, and I think it's probably right, is you'll like whatever reader you get. Decide what's important -- like, do you care if it has a colour screen? Do you want WiFi or 3G, or do you care? -- and see what has the features you want.
Kindles are special snowflakes, but if you're using it for fic -- AO3 has ebook downloads in a bunch of formats, I've encountered a few formatting hiccups, but nothing that put me off. If you end up reading actual books, Kindle of course has Amazon as a dedicated supplier of .mobi format ebooks. Of course a lot of retailers have epubs, which is the non-Kindle standard file.
Which is all a long way of saying I love my ereader for reading fic, and I wish you luck in your search!
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I did get a Kindle, after all. Yey, sometimes I manage to make a decision very quickly. I was very easy to please, all I need it to do is display black text on (more or less) white background. Right now I miss jumping forward - or backward - more than one page at a time (or if you can, I haven't found out how yet), maybe that'll change in the future. I guess it's not that bad if I can't impatiently skip forward to see when the characters share their first kiss already. *g*
So far I've been using Calibre to convert everything that doesn't come in the Kindle format already. Works out nicely.
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