You might not think you're sexist – until you take a look at your bookshelf

[kentauros]

138. I don't know the different models any more.

I have an older "keyboard" type, that has a little qwerty keyboard at the bottom with the navigation buttons. I've used it to log into DU at wifi hotspots (because I don't own a laptop.) It works fairly well for that, but it does take up room that would otherwise go to making the screen bigger.

A friend has one of the Paperwhite versions and he likes it. His only complaint is that the screen-lighting tech doesn't truly cover the whole screen. The e-ink technology can't be backlit, like with LCDs, but that's a good thing; you don't get eyestrain from looking at a brightly-lit screen all the time.

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Been skimming the thread here, and may have to read the article. Because, just from memory, most of the genres I like are lopsided in the sexuality of the majority of authors. That is, most of my cookbooks are written by women, most of the science fiction books I have were written by men, most of the professional cooking manuals and magazines were/are written by men, the few romance books I've got were all written by women, and most of the spiritual books were written by women. What's interesting with regards to the spiritual authors is for those that have radio shows, they are often lamenting the lack of male callers and listeners.

So, basically, there are many major genres and fields that are lopsided in the sexuality of their authors. And if I were to attempt to balance the books I own and will buy to better represent the opposite sex, I'd probably end up severely limiting my choices just to accomplish that. I'm not going to do that. Content is more important for whatever reason I'm buying/reading a particular book