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The Playdate makes a surprisingly good e-reader


A cozy way to sneak in some classics.

To test this, I grabbed a bunch of ebooks from Project Gutenberg, including Dracula, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Turning of the Screw. But just as the Playdate serves a complementary role, offering unique games that aren’t meant to replace a Switch or PlayStation, so, too, does Playbook. Having a library of classic novels on a device the size of a credit card comes in handy — and, if nothing else, it’s helping keep me from buying another gadget.

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