Pros And Cons Of Basing's First Ereader

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Basing on his personal experience, the author of this article addressed both the pros and cons of ereaders, and his feeling was a representative of people who faced the emergence of ereaders. First, he talked about his experience of purchasing his first ereader, a Kindle. Because there were too many kinds of ereaders in the market at that time, and new one never stopped coming out all the time, the author did not know which to buy after he got various advice from friends. When a new ereader came out, the old one came down in price, followed by another new ereader launched. This circulation was regarded as the slow and inevitable disenfranchisement of the gadget age by the author, and he might buy his first ereader only to follow the trend of

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