brent How is kindle on the eyballs?
That's a good point. In my case, it's Nook, not Kindle, but they're similar. And I don't use a Nook device -- just the Nook app on a $79 generic tablet.
It's especially easy on the eyeballs, since intensity and color balance are both adjustable. No need for blue-blocking glasses. I just set my tablet to a sepia background, and a comfortable intensity.
An advantage of the tablet is that it provides its own illumination -- as much or as little as needed. I read a lot in bed, as I've mentioned here, and there's no need for an external light that might keep my wife awake while I read.
There are many other advantages to a tablet. If I close the book to take a break, and re-open it later, it remembers exactly where I was reading. If I open a tablet to read in my chair downstairs, it lets me know if the tablet next to my bed upstairs is at a later page, and asks if I want to to jump to there or stay put.
I'm currently at page 576 of 2,223 in the Hyperion Cantos, and I got an email letting me know that a favorite fantasy author's latest work just became available. I was able to close the Cantos, and buy the Tales of Lentari episode online (using the tablet), which became available immediately in my library, No trip to B&N needed, and no cost or delay for shipping. And much lower in cost than even a paperback. And when I finished the Lentari book, Hyperion was waiting for me at the exact page I'd left.
There's an incrediable number of advantages and conveniences, in my opinion. Unfortunately, there's no aroma of aging paper, but changing pages works pretty much the same. I suspect that many folks who "prefer" paper books versus a tablet simply haven't experienced the latter; I know I'd never go back. And I don't miss the bookcases full of books that I'll honestly never read a second time.
I think it's great that we can both read the way we want to. I have no intention of trying to change the way you read books -- just explaining why I like to do it differently.
