Ebooks

I occasionally get asked about my ebook reader, and put together a list for someone at work who's considering buying one, but had no idea where to start looking. For people whose concept is, "Um, there's the Kindle? And maybe something else? What's better" I made a list of what features are available.

The first place to look: Mobileread.com's Which One Should I Buy? forum. They post reviews, make comparisons, and answer questions about price, delivery options, customer service problems, and anything else that people might care about when trying to decide which device to buy. (It's perfectly reasonable to start a post with, "I'm a mountain climber; what works above 6000 feet in the cold and I can operate it with one hand inside a heavy glove?" Or, "I read a lot of short stories; what's the best device for 1200 tiny files instead of 150 novel-length books?" I dunno what the answers are, but people would chime in with advice.)

This is a bare-bones outline, not a detailed consideration. I'm perfectly willing to ramble on at length about pretty much any of these issues, but the main purpose here is something that people can look at and say, "THAT detail! That's what I care about—which device does that best?"

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