phones aren't really ideal as e-readers, but they work, sort of
the whole usp of the kindle etc is the e-paper screen, long battery life and doesn't wash out in sunlight.
If you like reading on holidays they're ideal.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 28 Jan 2014, 15:47, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

i like the idea of not having 10kg of my 20kg allowance taken up with books
but the tangible pleasure of going to the airport bookshop and choosing 12 books for the week ahead is just NOT the same as a piece of electronic equipment.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 28 Jan 2014, 15:49, Reply)

Plus an e-book is only a licence to read
can't pass it on, and can be taken off you at any time if Amazon decide your payment is dodgy.....
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 28 Jan 2014, 15:54, Reply)

it's not a book
it lacks everything about books that makes them BOOKS. there is nothing bookish about a kindle.

I would only get one if I were going away for more than a week. and then I would burn it when I got home!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 28 Jan 2014, 15:55, Reply)