The Best Device For Reading Is Still The Phone In Your Pocket

Michael Hession, Gizmodo
Fri, 10/24/2014 - 9:11am

For long-time book lovers, reading on an electronic device can be disorienting experience. The most obvious choice for those going down the e-book path is a device like the Kindle, completely and utterly dedicated to emulating the traditional experience of reading. I've been seduced by the promise of an e-reader many-a-time, but I always find myself reaching for that device never not at my side—my smartphone.

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