While you can still find printed books if you search hard enough, more and more people are discovering that they can easily immerse themselves in great books from their favorite authors using an ebook reader. The best ereaders are extremely thin and lightweight. They can hold thousands of full-length ebooks and have a rechargeable battery that’ll last for several weeks (not mere hours). Most feature a special e-ink (also called Paperwhite or digital ink) display that prevents glares and eye fatigue. In fact, many people prefer reading ebooks on a dedicated ebook reader as opposed to a tablet and choose to invest in both devices.
The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition ebook reader offers a Paperwhite display.
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According to Dr. Yuna Rapoport, M.D. MPH, the founder and director of Manhattan Eye, “Our normal blink rate is about 18 times per minute. Whenever we stare at a screen, our blink rate goes down to about four to six times per minute. This happens with all full-color LED backlit screens, but less so or not at all with an e-ink or Paperwhite display, like the ones found in Amazon Kindle ebook readers. This allows for our blink rate to be the normal 18 times per minute, which reduces or diminishes dry eye and ocular surface disease.”
The latest ebook readers are relatively inexpensive, easy to use and do a really nice job replicating text on a screen so it looks just like a printed page. Thus, it is very similar to reading a traditional book.
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The Signature Edition of the popular Kindle Paperwhite ereader from Amazon features a 6.8-inch Paperwhite display with a built-in warm light that’s adjustable. In other words, thanks to the 300 pixels-per-inch resolution, you can easily read ebook content in direct sunlight or in a dark room as you’re lying in bed.
To make the screen even easier on your eyes, the Signature Edition reader utilizes adaptive front lighting. It automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen based on ambient lighting conditions. Since it’s a touchscreen, all navigation and virtual page turning is done using a series of on-screen taps.
This reader includes 32GB of internal storage, which is more than enough to hold thousands of ebooks or hundred of audiobooks. The Signature edition reader is also waterproof (IPX8 rated), uses a Wi-Fi Internet connection to acquire content, and offers wireless charging. It’s designed to work seamlessly with Amazon’s Kindle Store for acquiring ebook content directly from the device.
For a monthly fee, you can subscribe to the Kindle Unlimited service which provides unlimited access to more than two million ebooks, audiobooks and digital editions of magazines. When you connect the ereader to your computer via the supplied USB cable, you’re able to transfer ebook content in a variety of file formats from the computer to the reader. This includes free ebooks you acquire from other sources (providing they are in a supported file format). You’re also able to pair your reader with an Audible subscription and Bluetooth headphones (or earbuds) to enjoy listening to audiobooks from the device.
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Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/2022/04/19/best-ereaders/