Very much with you on this. I wish Apple would make a backlit e-ink tablet for books. It really is the best way to read things cover to cover and it eliminates

Very much with you on this. I wish Apple would make a backlit e-ink tablet for books. It really is the best way to read things cover to cover and it eliminates the distractions that come with reading on the phone. I don’t expect they’ll ever do it, but in this world where you have to opt in to an ecosystem, that’s the one I’d prefer to opt into. Setting aside the dream of a DRM-free world, what I’d love is - aforementioned backlit Apple e-ink reader - iBooks app to work with Overdrive (the library-lending app) - iBooks app to make its margins adjustable or at least not take up 20% of the horizontal width of the screen - iBooks store to have a wider range of books (I was recently unable to get both _Theory of Bastards_ and some other notable book there that I forget the name of) - I actually sorta like the way kindle handles comics and graphic novels Looking at the list above a same person might ask why I don't just go with kindle instead of iBooks; the reasons are that a) there are certain aesthetic things that get under my skin about the kindle, and b) using the kindle means investing in the kindle ecosystem, and I'm not sure I want to do that for reasons. I've been thinking of going back to paper books but reading in bed at night is so much nicer with a lightweight, backlit device. I know it sounds pathetic but trying to read one of Neal Stevenson's tomes while lying in bed is a challenge. Anyhoo. Option paralysis! Right on. Edit: billeted list