About 21 percent and 18 percent of the ebook readers claim tablet or e-reader devices as their preferred
device for reading ebooks, respectively.
A dedicated e-book reader may enjoy a niche audience, but the question remains whether a separate
device for reading digital books will be viable in the long term.
It is the
ideal device for reading picture books with your children, since it is easy to appreciate beautiful illustrations on the screen.
More so with such stunning displays which will not only bring to live images and videos, but will also serve as just the
right device for reading e-books.
Let's aim to choose the
optimum device for reading: convenient for uploading of books, comfortable for reading and not very the expensive.
I gained all of these benefits as a trade off for not having e-ink, a much shorter battery life, a higher price, and a larger form
factor device for reading.
For 62 % of owners smartphones are a
primary device for reading ebooks — and that's more than listening to music (59 %) or playing games (only 39 %).
Are we going to come to a point where there's simply no reason to have a separate
device for reading books and rather this is all incorporated into one all - purpose tablet?
According to the overall results in 2010, the products of Onyx International occupied about 15 % of the Russian legal market
of devices for reading electronic books.
With Apple's iPad recently joining Amazon's Kindle and the Sony Reader
as devices for reading downloaded books, power in publishing might just be shifting in the authors» favour.
Kobo eBooks brands are included in the four most popular
devices for reading in America and Canada, along with the Amazon Kindle, Nook Simple Touch and Sony.
According to a Pew Research Center survey published this spring, a computer is the most
popular device for reading e-books: 42 % of those who read e-books say they read on a personal computer, followed by an e-reader (41 %), cell phone (29 %) and tablet (23 %).
There's also a faster Freescale i.MX507 under the hood which makes the Kobo an even better
device for reading PDF documents on the go.
That said, if you truly want a stand
alone device for reading then the Kindle 4's lack of ease in shopping might be a major problem for you.
Despite the proliferation of 7 - inch tablets that can double as e-readers, there are still many users out there who prefer
e-ink devices for reading e-books because they've got much longer battery life, are a lot more readable in direct sunlight outdoors, and feel easier on...
It's a surprising finding, in part because desktops aren't the most enjoyable nor
convenient device for reading ebooks, and partly because most ebook publishers and retailers have prioritized mobile, ereader and tablet reading experiences over the desktop.
If you are going to use your touch - screen
pad device for reading books and pdfs and blogs that, like mine, are evolving to designs that are «pad - first» formats, then the Kindle Fire is going to work just dandy for you.