Comments on: Kindle guides for your desktop—plus text-to-speech, screen contrast, case and book-light issues http://www.teleread.com/drm/kindle-guides-for-your-desktop-plus-text-to-speech-speed-screen-contrast-and-case-and-book-light-issues/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Felix Torres http://www.teleread.com/drm/kindle-guides-for-your-desktop-plus-text-to-speech-speed-screen-contrast-and-case-and-book-light-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-1146879 Felix Torres Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:04:28 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/13/kindle-guides-for-your-desktop-plus-text-to-speech-speed-screen-contrast-and-case-and-book-light-issues/#comment-1146879 Skins? Well, I got a solid state black skin from the decal girl website. My sample isn't a perfect fit around the screen so there is a white border but it does seem to help the contrast. And the feel of the skin on the back is better than the metal plate; less slippery. As for cases, I favor the corner grip style as they let me mount it on the left side of the case instead of the standard right. It makes the left-side paging buttons more accessible and lets me slip my fingers between the covers, resulting in a firmer grip with less pressure so my hand doesn't get tired. (I do the same thing with the standard BeBook case.) As for a reading light; I got a clip-on LED light for a buck at the local drugstore. Clips to the cover or the K2 just fine and it lights up pretty much the whole screen. I was curious to see how well it worked and... Well, its only a buck. Skins? Well, I got a solid state black skin from the decal girl website. My sample isn’t a perfect fit around the screen so there is a white border but it does seem to help the contrast. And the feel of the skin on the back is better than the metal plate; less slippery.

As for cases, I favor the corner grip style as they let me mount it on the left side of the case instead of the standard right. It makes the left-side paging buttons more accessible and lets me slip my fingers between the covers, resulting in a firmer grip with less pressure so my hand doesn’t get tired. (I do the same thing with the standard BeBook case.)

As for a reading light; I got a clip-on LED light for a buck at the local drugstore. Clips to the cover or the K2 just fine and it lights up pretty much the whole screen. I was curious to see how well it worked and… Well, its only a buck.

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