Nadia Gilani
Mail Online
October 22, 2011
Old people read faster than normal on an iPad, even though most claim to prefer ‘real books’, a study shows.
German researchers discovered that people of different ages could read just as well from iPads and Kindles as they do from traditional books.
In fact, old people read even faster using the the iPad as it made reading easier than both the Kindle and traditional book.
The iPad’s screen was found to help them process the information on the page, even though the tablet’s LED screen has been criticised for hurting readers’ eyes if used over a long period of time.
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I appreciate that e-books are better for the publishers and dont cost alot to ‘print’ or copy and the shelf life is much longer than a paper book but….
99% of readers find paper books better.
1) the battery will never go flat
2) turning a page is a deeply satisfying act of reading
3) light hitting a page is more comfortable than light being emitted as letters
4) books incredibly are cheaper than e-books [how is that possible]
They will only take off with the ‘gadget freaks’. Readers will always gravitate to paper.