How to Use an E-Reader Technology to Read Long Stephen King Books

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The e-reader has a dual core 240 mega her processor straight out of the late 90s. It's not going to be playing a movie ever you don't need to have some crazy OLED device right and that would burn your battery out. Twenty five hours continuous reading in the light conditions so much more like a traditional e-reader. If you were trying to read a really long Stephen King book you might even be able to do it with this that's a reader.

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