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Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

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Re: Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

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Post by strictnein »

koolba wrote: post #2

It's anecdata, but I know I much prefer a physical book to a digital one. Even more so for documents (not source code) that I'm reviewing.

Any document I have to read that's over 4-5 pages I print out and read somewhere other than in front of my computer.

Re: Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

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Post by jobu »

Johnny555 wrote: post #3

Until I got a Kindle Voyage, I found the Kindle reading experience to be subpar to books (but still more convenient in most cases). But with the higher resolution of the Voyage (300ppi), better backlight, and most importantly, buttons to move forward/back instead of swiping, I now prefer the Voyage over paper books. Much easier to read one-handed on the train, and having a good backlight makes for convenient reading…

What is the color like for the Voyage backlight? Lately I've been using my iPhone in night-shift mode as a reading light with paper books.

It may just be psychological, but I do seem to fall asleep easier than I did with a regular white LED reading light. At the very least I haven't found myself still reading at 3am wondering why I'm still awake.

Re: Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

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Post by devty »

dagenleg wrote: post #7
Johnny555 wrote: post #3

Until I got a Kindle Voyage, I found the Kindle reading experience to be subpar to books (but still more convenient in most cases). But with the higher resolution of the Voyage (300ppi), better backlight, and most importantly, buttons to move forward/back instead of swiping, I now prefer the Voyage over paper books. Much easier to read one-handed on the train, and having a good backlight makes for convenient reading…

Wow, Amazon now even injects their Kindle promotions in HackerNews comments. Even adblock cannot help me now. Nowhere is safe!

What makes you say this? Are all positive reviews a corporate sponsored promotion in your view?

Re: Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

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Post by devty »

holydude wrote: post #12

I prefer physical books for reading fiction and eink / display for tech books.

Fascinating - I am the exact opposite! I've found that for reading fictions - a narrative that mostly move forward - the limition of eink displays in freely flipping between pages to be less annoying.

Re: Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

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Post by TWAndrews »

This is definitely true for my 7 year old daughter. She's an avid reader, but even when I buy a book she is very interested in reading (typically the next in a current series) on a Kindle rather than getting her a hard copy, she'll end up reading something else.

Re: Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

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Post by qaq »

Johnny555 wrote: post #3

Until I got a Kindle Voyage, I found the Kindle reading experience to be subpar to books (but still more convenient in most cases). But with the higher resolution of the Voyage (300ppi), better backlight, and most importantly, buttons to move forward/back instead of swiping, I now prefer the Voyage over paper books. Much easier to read one-handed on the train, and having a good backlight makes for convenient reading…

if only they made it bigger

Re: Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

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Post by neom »

I think that the quality of intake of information is somewhat different when it comes to projected light vs reflected light. I think that with dyslexia printed words are slightly easier because it's easier to see the edge of the ink (so you can see the shape better), on a screen it's much harder to see the shapes in the letters. The dyslexia font thing helps a little but it's kinda gimmicky I think.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

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Post by flippyhead »

jasonkostempski wrote: post #9

Adults too.

I know this seems a common sentiment here, but I just don't get it. There is almost nothing better about a physical book vs. a Kindle, especially on the high-eng (e.g the Voyage). Whenever I've discussed this with people the only reason I seem to get is some vague sense of nostalgia.
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