Sunday, September 9, 2012

Revisiting Online Newspapers

Back in June I wrote a blog post about my reluctance to move to digital or eNewspapers.

Well, I will now update you with my progress.  I'm no longer against eNewspapers and for the last 3 weeks I have stopped purchasing the print edition of the Sunday Telegraph and instead have been using my tablet, my State Library of NSW readers card and accessing it via LibraryPress Display.

There is no embargo on The Sunday Telegraph so I can access it instantly.  The pages are displayed as they are in the print format except that you can either zoom in to read an article or click on the text version of the article that is listed below the image.

The only problem I have with this is that you have to exit out of The Sunday Telegraph and go back to the menu to locate the Sunday Magazine, Body and Soul and the TV Guide.  Other than that, I have no issue.  Of course, I can't really take my tablet down to the beach or read it in the sun due to the reflection on the screen.

Also, in the last week our local free newspaper the Bellingen Courier Sun, is also available electronically.

I haven't read it on my tablet but I have registered to get an email alert sent to me as soon as the electronic copy is available.  Again, it is presented as the print paper and you flick through the pages using your mouse.  And you zoom in to read the relevant articles.

To add to this discussion I should say that in the last week I have purchased (yes purchased) 6 books via Amazon to be read via my Kindle app on my tablet.  So I am also making the transition to reading ebooks. 

While it is working well on the tablet.  I would like to invest in an ebook reader due to the issue of screen reflection and battery life - so recommendations would be appreciated.

My issue is that I like purchasing from Amazon so I need an ereader that will read both Kindle and epub - does this exist??