It has happened with me too and all these days I was wondering if it happened to others too or just to me. I attribute it more to the kid with a new toy phenomenon though.
Best wishes, Pradeep Kapur +91-94370-28400 On 30 December 2013 10:55, Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> wrote: > I use the Kindle app on a 7" Android tablet and, since I started, I read > more each month than in any of the 5 or 10 previous years. One big reason > is the instant gratification, see a notice about an interesting book in a > magazine or blog or whatever and POP, you have it. > > I think that: > - the future of paper is restricted to antiquarian books and things that > require high-quality graphics, coffee-table to textbook > - the pricing of ebooks is insane > - the production values of ebooks are horrible, if something needs graphics > or maps or math to work, get paper > > Some recent gleanings in https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/What/Arts/Books/ > > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > So I got myself a Kindle. And whether it is the novelty or the > > device-specific aspects (doesn't need ambient light, sufficiently > > booklike that one can read sprawled in bed, etc) - I have consumed 3 > > books in 3 days, more than in the preceding 3 months. > > > > So - have you folks noticed your reading habits change with the means > > of reading? Is this a special case of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis [1]? > > > > Udhay > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir_Whorf > > > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > > > >
