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2lesmel
Reading a newspaper is a nightmare for me. Talk about jumping around on a page. I think ebook reading is like any skill, you have to learn how to read that format.
3elenchus
Nothing in that short piece indicating the medium is at fault. Rather, our habits / practices differ between media, whether electronic or analog. But I wonder if eventually, the difference between an eBook and the internet will become the same as between a paper Book and the internet. At present, the eBook is perhaps more like the internet, but I suspect that's more to do with distractions built into the eReader, not the visual medium itself.
The bigger argument about deep / linear reading is persuasive. I'm also reminded that narrative prose from 100 years ago tends to have far, far more dependent clauses and drawn-out description, than does 20th century prose and later. So that's been happening even on paper / codex / scroll ....
The bigger argument about deep / linear reading is persuasive. I'm also reminded that narrative prose from 100 years ago tends to have far, far more dependent clauses and drawn-out description, than does 20th century prose and later. So that's been happening even on paper / codex / scroll ....
