digital magazines

[Darrell Bade]

My irritation is something that Wood Magazine does. I get the printed version, don't do the electronic thing. Many of their articles leave out important info in my opinion then have a box somewhere on the page saying something like for these details see www.wood.blahblahblah. If
I wanted to do that I wouldn't pay for a hard copy.

[Myk Rian]

My kindle fire is great for online reading. Nice book sized pad that is easy to carry around.

[John K Jordan]

Rick, I can relate age wise. However I'm finding large print books are really big and heavy ...

My lovely bride has decreasing vision and is also and avid reader - reads at least 50 books a year.

Some books are not available in large print versions. She uses an electronic reader similar to the Kindle fire with a large screen. She cranks the font size up - the letters look almost 1/2" high to me - and she can read without glasses. She gets most of her ebooks from the local library lending program, buys a few. I'm not so conservative - I see a book I might want to read, download a free sample from Amazon, then buy it if it's good.

JKJ

[Curt Harms]

I use an IPad Air with 10.2” screen. My son got an iPad pro with 12.9” screen, 128GB - what a difference! It’s a joy to use because of the screen size. It’s fast too. When I replace mine some day I’ll definitely go with the bigger screen.

Screen size would be significant, especially where the electronic version is just a copy of the print version. I've noticed some paper magazines seem to have migrated to a somewhat smaller page size with smaller print. I may end up preferring electronic content with the ability to zoom. I'm a little surprised the larger format eReaders don't appear to have come down in price.