Answer/Quote: “It will take
you longer to tread a book on an iPad or Kindle compared to the printed page,
according to recent study that compared the reading times of 24 users on the
Kindle 2, the Apple iPad, ad PC monitor, and good old-fashioned paper.”
Quote: “…found that
reading on an electronic tablet was up to 10.7% slower than reading a printed
book. Yet users preferred reading books on a tablet device compared to the
paper book. The PC monitor was universally disliked as a reading platform.”
Quote: “Regardless of
how fast people can read on an electronic device, the e-reader is becoming more
popular every year…. E-books raked in $313 million in 2009, growing by 176.6%
compared to 2008, overtaking audio book sales. In 2010, e-book sales are
growing at a rate of 217.3% versus 2009, according to estimates by the
Association of American Publishers.”
Comment: With books, I am able quickly to skip around
when previewing, reading first and last paragraphs of chapters, first sentence
of middle paragraphs in chapters, especially of exposition. It’s also hard to
find the end of the book, to know its size. I just finished reading Moneyball
on a Kindle, and was completely surprised when I reached its last page, I have
found that I can read more actively with a book, whereas I find myself reading
page-by-page with the Kindle. Maybe that’s the major difference—active
reading—between e-readers and books. RayS.
Title: “Books Beat
E-Tablets for Reading Speed.” Reading
Today (August/September 2010),
p. 33.
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