E-Readers - Do you use one and are they still the future of books?

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[Melooon]

Back in 2013 my mum gave me a Kindle as a gift; I used it for a few years but eventually it ended up on the shelf; recently Iv been in a reading sort of mood, so I got it out again and it still works well!

Still though I remember a time in the early 2010s when everyone was in a panic that e-readers had rendered paper books obsolete and all the bookstores would flop instantly - somehow that never happened; in fact aside from myself recently, I don't think Iv even seen an e-reader out in the wild! In fact if you look at e-reader images and study the articles the images are from, almost every one is written in 2011 

While I do love books; I appreciate how light weight this unit is, the built in frontlight and e-ink screen is pleasingly artificial yet weirdly old fashioned feeling, and the fact it lowers the bar for exploring new books is great.

(2013 Kindle showing status.cafe with an ipod and print zine for comparison)


Do you use one? Did you use one? What did you think of them and how do they fit into your reading experience?

[minttea]

Hm!! Well, the interesting thing about this question is how you define an 'e-reader.' As for things like kindle etc, the 'paper like' aesthetic and lack of backlight never particularly caught on with me.
But, on my tablet I have an EPUB reader which I use all the time! Its great for imported books (where physical copies are impractical), webnovels, and fanfiction. I have a solid collection of over a dozen books, and 30 fanfictions I particularly like on there! Good for roadtrips, and so on.

But does it count as an e-reader? I'm not so sure...

[Melooon]

But does it count as an e-reader? I'm not so sure...

I would define an e-reader as a device that dedicated to reading and has an e-ink style screen (or something like it) - although some early e-readers had LCD screens so its foggy!

I added an option to the poll for tablet/phone readers!

I find I can read a few pages on a normal tablet, but I get tired much faster because of the harshness of the light.

[vvinrg]

I got a ReMarkable 1 off eBay around a year ago, and it's served me well as an e-reader ever since. It doubles as a drawing tablet, which is also super useful. The internet has destroyed my reading habits, mostly, but I still try and use it for longer articles I find online(There's an extension that lets you print a webpage to the tablet! Super useful.). Beyond that, my AO3 backlog takes up a not insignificant portion of its storage space, as do various e-books. I personally tend to, when I do manage to get myself to read, use the tablet, it's just that I don't read as much as I wish I did.

Oh also the portability and stuff cannot be understated. That's the magic of e-readers!