The more I've used Instapaper, the more I'm convinced that the version on the iPad (especially retina) is the best reading experience out there, period. And as a huge supporter of long-form journalism and technology lover, this is a dream come true. Hope it pays off for Marco.
"Best reading experience out there" or "Best reading experience out there once you add in all the various extraneous factors such as large libraries at hand, instant download, etc"?
I think the former award still goes to ink-on-paper†, pretty decisively, but the latter is a bit more complicated...
† Given a nice format of course; my favorite is Japanese "bunko" (文庫)
Matter of opinion but I'd rather read a book on my Kindle than on paper.
Much of that is down to the mechanics of page turning and the bulk which don't apply to all paper but while it has a lot going for it, the clear edge that paper once had is far more open to debate.
Yeah, I totally deserved to get called on that exaggeration. Your point passed through my mind as I was writing but I was in a swashbuckling mood and decided to go with it.
Let me make amends—"best reading experience utilizing pixels on a backlit screen." Apropos?
From the perspective of your eyes that's true, from the perspective of your body that has to hold the device and get comfortable and the overall resulting experience, I'd say that the Kindle (or similar eBook reader) wins for me.
