<p>Hi guys. I spend a lot of time every day on the computer reading PDF documents. My eyes are really dry and puffy at the end of each day. </p>
<p>Do you think that purchasing an eReader will help with my eyes? </p>
<p>And how's the PDF compatibility? Could someone load a PDF of mine on his or her eBook reader to see how big the text is? I don't want to be squinting at size 8 text on a eReader. </p>
<p>I heard eReaders are like books. I haven't done much reading recently, but I can't remember the last time that a book caused my eyes to feel dry and look puffy.</p>
<p>No one on CC has an eReader?</p>
<p>Yes ebooks are like books. they have no glare so you can take them outside. And yea you could put pdf. Well at least kindles. If you have the money, get an iPad. I love it.</p>
<p>I can get an iPad if I wanted … but isn’t the iPad harder on the eyes than a Kindle?</p>
<p>Yes, an iPad is backlit so it is much harder on your eyes than a Kindle (doesn’t stop me from lusting after an iPad though!!). Still, back to your question about eye strain: you can load PDFs onto a Kindle via your computer and you can adjust the font size. Should you want an even easier-to-view option, you could go for the larger Kindle DX(good prices to be had on eBay, by the way), which is great for putting text books, or even sheet music( my D’s a voice major) on. We own several Kindles in our family and wouldn’t voluntarily be without one!</p>
<p>E readers and ipads ect. Are not like books. But then again I love books. I only say that because when I read books my mind gets lost in the story and when I am reading books from ipads or E readers it bothers my eyes.</p>