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Eh, I enjoy a physical book (especially the smell of one), but it's easier for me to read on the kindle as I get older, since I have the backlit one, I don't ev

Eh, I enjoy a physical book (especially the smell of one), but it's easier for me to read on the kindle as I get older, since I have the backlit one, I don't even need to be in a heavy lighted area. Even in bed, if I have a physical book, I have to get additional lighting on my book (hook light on bed frame) as the light above the bed is shadowed by the book itself when I'm sitting back in bed. The back lighting itself is a large part of the appeal, to be honest.

lb1lf 10y ago
>The back lighting itself is a large part of the appeal, to be honest. That is understandable. Personally, I still love my (non-backlit, but with an integrated reading light in the cover) Kindle; however, I suspect this is in large part because I spend the better part of my workday staring at a backlit display and so would do just about anything to avoid having to do so on my time off. My wife got a backlit one for Christmas and now call me a luddite for sticking with my backlit-less one. Imagine being called a luddite for using a thingy with a 3G modem in it... :-)