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One of the biggest advantages of ebooks is that it made reading more accessible to the disabled, from audible, changing text sizes and fonts, backlit, etc.
This get overlooked, unsurprisingly it wasn’t made with disabled people in mind (like text messaging), but we benefit massively from it.
Imaging how much better if company started producing stuff with disabled people in mind.
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I do exactly this
“I tend to have a lengthy wishlist of titles and scan through them every so often and buy anything that's reduced to keep the cost down.”
Any title which gets down to £2 or under I purchase, means I have a load of books stacking up to read, but means I’ve always got something I want to read available..
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I know of a few people who have been given Kindles as presents and read way more now. The convenience of always having books on tap is a large part I think.
Personally I've used ebooks for years, I used to have a palm pilot which I used for reading many years ago and now have a couple of kindles.
It's probably been a few years since I last read a physical book (other than things like cookbooks). The convenience of one-handed reading, the nightlight and being able to carry loads of books (as opposed to half a suitcase full of books) is great.
I tend to have a lengthy wishlist of titles and scan through them every so often and buy anything that's reduced to keep the cost down.