Speaking of reading...
Jan. 4th, 2011 08:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glitch25Yanno.. if I'd just read paper books, I wouldn't have to worry about any of this... :-)
As much as I have appreciated having my netbook for various things, reading in bed in lieu of a dedicated e-reader has not been very good. Aside from the weight, it is just not very comfortable to use a laptop of any size to read books. However, since unitasking E-readers won't do it for me, and my tablet of choice hasn't hit the mainstream yet (See Notion Ink's ADAM), I'm back to other methods.
Since reading on a small screen has never been an issue for me, my Android-based phone has been pretty nice. I buy most of my books from Barnes and Noble in Nook form, and use various scripts to decrypt them so I can read them on other readers.
Since my primary OS is linux, I like using a program called Calibre to manage my ebooks, and the included E-reader is really nice. It also supports e-reading devices including SD card storage on an Android phone, so I can sync up books like I would any other e-reader.
Now on Android, I was recently using a reader called Aldiko, but was getting frustrated that the reader takes up the whole screen and doesn't let you see your status bar. It doesn't have a readily available way to know where you are percentage wise in the book, and it lacks flexibility for page turning control. Ultimately, it just lacks polish, and I went hunting for something else. Last night I stumbled on Moon+ Reader which offers a lot more flexibility. Both Aldiko and Moon+ Reader offer a wonderful relationship saver called night and day mode. Basically night mode inverts the color scheme from what is the default black text on white background to white text on black background. Since on a page of text, the background covers more pixel area than the actual text, by inverting it, the device emits significantly less light, but does not impact the readability. It also means that it lessens the impact on the battery usage. So now, I get to read, and the bed-mate doesn't stay up staring at the beacon of light from my side of the bed.
So far I'm pleased with Moon+, and six chapters into my latest book, I'm enjoying it.
As much as I have appreciated having my netbook for various things, reading in bed in lieu of a dedicated e-reader has not been very good. Aside from the weight, it is just not very comfortable to use a laptop of any size to read books. However, since unitasking E-readers won't do it for me, and my tablet of choice hasn't hit the mainstream yet (See Notion Ink's ADAM), I'm back to other methods.
Since reading on a small screen has never been an issue for me, my Android-based phone has been pretty nice. I buy most of my books from Barnes and Noble in Nook form, and use various scripts to decrypt them so I can read them on other readers.
Since my primary OS is linux, I like using a program called Calibre to manage my ebooks, and the included E-reader is really nice. It also supports e-reading devices including SD card storage on an Android phone, so I can sync up books like I would any other e-reader.
Now on Android, I was recently using a reader called Aldiko, but was getting frustrated that the reader takes up the whole screen and doesn't let you see your status bar. It doesn't have a readily available way to know where you are percentage wise in the book, and it lacks flexibility for page turning control. Ultimately, it just lacks polish, and I went hunting for something else. Last night I stumbled on Moon+ Reader which offers a lot more flexibility. Both Aldiko and Moon+ Reader offer a wonderful relationship saver called night and day mode. Basically night mode inverts the color scheme from what is the default black text on white background to white text on black background. Since on a page of text, the background covers more pixel area than the actual text, by inverting it, the device emits significantly less light, but does not impact the readability. It also means that it lessens the impact on the battery usage. So now, I get to read, and the bed-mate doesn't stay up staring at the beacon of light from my side of the bed.
So far I'm pleased with Moon+, and six chapters into my latest book, I'm enjoying it.