New research from the Neilsen Norman group casts doubt on previous research which had shown that readers are no longer losing reading comprehension when they read on smaller screens. In...
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Updated: Reading Books Will Help You Live Longer, Researchers Say
The NYTimes and other news orgs may have just fallen into another correlation/causation trap. Yesterday they published an article which implies that you will live longer if you read books:...
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Computer Vision Syndrome, or Why We Would All be Better Off With an E-ink Monitor
The NYTimes published an article last week which reminds us why an expensive toy like Dasung's E-ink monitor is less an indulgence than a necessity. The article delves into computer vision syndrome,...
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New Error-Ridden Report Looks at eBook Market in Europe
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) just wasted a lot of people's time. The EPRS has published a new briefing document on the state of the ebook market in...
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Study Finds Open Source Textbooks as Effective as Commercial
A recent study has found that college students who used open educational resources (OER) in their undergraduate courses performed as well or better than those assigned commercial textbooks, even though...
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Could the Future of Reading be Text Plus Audio?
When it comes to reading on paper versus reading digitally, there are a hundred and one conflicting and contradictory studies that show that one format is better than the...
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Studies Disagree on Whether Readers Absorb Less on Kindles than on Paper
The Guardian reported yesterday on a new study which showed that reading on a Kindle led test subjects to recall fewer details from the story, leading some to speculate that...
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Study: eBooks Beat Print Books at Helping Young Kids Learn Words
With some studies showing enhanced ebooks hurt while other studies show that ebook readers help readers learn, the jury is still out on the topic of whether ebooks help...
Continue readingEnhanced eBooks Don’t Necessarily Enhance Education
We've long known that when games and other enhancements are added to ebooks they can distract readers from paying attention to the text, and now it appears that enhancements...
Continue readingNew Report Suggests Wifi is Probably Not Frying Your Brain
A new report from the Royal Society of Canada calls into question the ongoing urban legends about the possible harmful effects of Wifi. The 165 page report was generated...
Continue readingStudy: It’s Easier (For Some) to Read on LCD Screens Than in a Paper Book
I have long held the position that LCD screens aren't as evil as everyone claims, and that the belief that E-ink is better for you eyes is a myth....
Continue readingDoes the Backlight on the iPad Really Help Improve Reading Speed? Maybe Not
There's a story going around today about a recent study at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. According to most press accounts, ophthalmologists at the school have shown that...
Continue readingStudy: E-ink is NOT Better for Your Eyes Than LCDs
If you've been reading ebooks for any length of time then you've probably heard about how E-ink screens are nicer on the eyes than LCD screens. It's simply common...
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Do eBooks Make It Harder to Recall What You Just Read? Answer: No
I'm rather busy with a conference right now, but there's an article that was posted today that has me pissed. I have to respond to it. Time has an...
Continue readingThat funky font study actually does mean what it says
So an interesting study showed up on the internet in the past few days (Daily Mail). Three grad students at Princeton University and Indiana University did an experiment to...
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