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- Random access. - Non-random access: we are surprisingly good at knowing where in a book something we read was, and flipping back to it. While keeping our fin
by bonaldi 10y ago
- Random access.
- Non-random access: we are surprisingly good at knowing where in a book something we read was, and flipping back to it. While keeping our finger in the place or places we were. You can build a working stack of locations in paper that's a pain to do in every e-reader I've tried.
- Notes/Marginalia/Markup are available on both, but with vastly more expressiveness and options on paper (though without search)
- Share/re-share/bequeath
- Some evidence of better comprehension and retention of physical reading vs screens.
- No batteries required.
- Attractive physical objects can be a pleasure to own (and a pain in the ass when moving house)
- lmm 10y ago> Notes/Marginalia/Markup are available on both, but with vastly more expressiveness and options on paper I wouldn't want to annotate or highlight a paper book - that feels like damaging it. > No batteries required. Not really an issue for a Kindle-like device - it lasts about 30 days without a charge, which is long enough to read more books than I'd care to carry on a no-electricity trip.
- qntty 10y ago>I wouldn't want to annotate or highlight a paper book - that feels like damaging it. Don't do it with library books obviously, but if you own the book, try it. It vastly improved my reading experience when I started annotating.