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So how many of you actually read books and articles using an ipad, kindle, nook, or other e-reader?
For books, I've started using Kindle, but I get frustrated with not knowing how far into the book I am, but I like the way you can increase font sizes for smaller devices. I've been using the bookmark feature to keep track of where I'm at as I'll sometimes read the same book on my phone, then on my computer, then on a tablet or other computer.
As for reading blogs and articles, I've avoided it for a long time. The extra clutter on a page I always find way to distracting. A while back I signed up for Readability.com (free) and installed their chrome browser extension. It's got a cool feature that will capture the article on the page and display it without all the other clutter and navigation. You can also send it to your Readability account or kindle for later reading. They've got apps for reading articles on most mobile devices too.
Just an example of a before/after:
It doesn't work with all sites, like members only articles on Finewoodworking.com where you have to sign in to view them, but it works great for most sites.
So anyone else using apps like these? Just curious if there are others I should take a look at...Thanks
For books, I've started using Kindle, but I get frustrated with not knowing how far into the book I am, but I like the way you can increase font sizes for smaller devices. I've been using the bookmark feature to keep track of where I'm at as I'll sometimes read the same book on my phone, then on my computer, then on a tablet or other computer.
As for reading blogs and articles, I've avoided it for a long time. The extra clutter on a page I always find way to distracting. A while back I signed up for Readability.com (free) and installed their chrome browser extension. It's got a cool feature that will capture the article on the page and display it without all the other clutter and navigation. You can also send it to your Readability account or kindle for later reading. They've got apps for reading articles on most mobile devices too.
Just an example of a before/after:
It doesn't work with all sites, like members only articles on Finewoodworking.com where you have to sign in to view them, but it works great for most sites.
So anyone else using apps like these? Just curious if there are others I should take a look at...Thanks