Are e-books read on ebook readers more difficult to read than a normal paper book?
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Hey, so I read really slow, and I know that reading text on a computer is slower than reading text on paper. But how about on ebook readers? I have a lot of reading to do over the summer, and I was wondering if reading books on my ebook reader would be slower than reading paper books?
Thanks!
December 12th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Do your ebook reader use e-ink? If so, I think it will not differ much compared to reading on paper. I owned the Kindle 2, which uses the e-ink technology. I like it very much as it is really like reading books, and some time I feel that reading on my Kindle is even faster than reading on books. You can read this from an actual owner too, it tells the feeling on reading books:
BTW, I’m a student too so I need to do lots of reading. I’ve found some way to improve my reading speed. I’ve mentioned that in another answer previously, just see if it helps:
December 14th, 2009 at 2:43 am
It depends! what is your reason for reading slowly? Is it the size of the text, is it the source of the text? What is it?
If you read slow on the computer, you probably will read slow on an ebook reader. Some ebook readers, though, offer the ability to vary the size of the text on e-ink display. This is somewhat similar to reading paper. it’s easy on the eyes.
The larger text may allow you to go a little faster, because the pages are shorter, so you could find yourself consumed in the reading, moving at a merry clip without knowing.
I would say, you will just have to test it and see. There are two many variables involved to just say you will read faster on one or the other.
Hope this helps.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:48 am
If your ebook reader is well designed (like the Amazon Kindle) then you can even be able to read faster compared to reading actual books. Read this review from a user of the Kindle to know more: