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Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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572 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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animal531 ◴[17 Oct 24 09:34 UTC] No.41867889[source]▶
Some of the biggest pros and cons of Kindles vs Books:

Pros - Lightweight, I can even fit it into a holder on the side of a chair or bed so I don't have to hold it.

- I don't have to physically manipulate the 1000 page book to try and get to certain pages.

- No dust.

Cons - I can't tell you the authors or names of most of the books I've read on it. When you have a physical book you're confronted by the book and author's name, along with an image to burn the combination into your mind. As a kid going to the library I knew whether I had read a book just from the jacket.

- Amazon shenanigans.

- Battery won't last forever and you'll need to replace the whole unit.

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1. thimabi ◴[17 Oct 24 09:41 UTC] No.41867935[source]▶
I count the physical manipulation of pages as an advantage of dead tree books. E-ink is very nice, but there’s nothing like flipping through actual pages to find some information.

Of course, the situation reverses when you’re trying to search a word rather than a page. It’s too convenient to use a global search function on e-readers.