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0 pointsameminator4y ago0 comments

I'll be honest, this is my favourite feature of my Kobo - using Pocket to save webpages and articles and read them offline. It seems to accomplish a similar goal to what you do here - without the need for all that paper.

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Otek4y ago

I doubt he will print as much, so your e-reader will have less environmental impact. All that plastic and components are certainly the equivalent of several, if not hundreds of reams of paper.

rpadovani4y ago

I don't think he bought the Kobo only for reading webpages tho, so you cannot really do a direct comparison like this.

dredmorbius4y ago

Cost is a very rough indicator of footprint.

A modest e-book reader runs about $200. That's the cost of about 3 cases of 20# letter-sized paper (10 reams/case), or 15,000 sheets of paper.

At ~300 pages/book, that's about 50 books cost equivalent.

Note that printing output tends to run higher, at $0.01 -- $0.25 per page (higher for colour inkjet and laserjet).

Depending on ones reading patterns, the cost (and environmental impacts) of an ebook reader could well come out ahead. It's also generally easier to carry such a device than the equivalent number of printed books or documents.

Thrymr4y ago

And the marginal cost of adding articles to a device if you are already using it to read books is very low.

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BeetleB4y ago

I have a Kobo and I used to do this. And while I enjoyed ereaders for many years, paper is still king. The Kobo's resolution is still not good enough, and being able to flip pages is still more convenient.

The nice thing about the Kobo is you can install your own software, so there's still hope for a better interface.

5faulker4y ago

It's a nice compromise.

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