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"A study found that people who read novels on the Amazon Swindle remember less of the events." You only need to make a good point once. Adding additional lesse
by codewithcheese 12y ago
"A study found that people who read novels on the Amazon Swindle remember less of the events."
You only need to make a good point once. Adding additional lesser points just weakens it. A fair few dubious and ridiculous claims here, same sort of claims can be made about any multi-national. No smoking gun here.
- scrumper 12y agoThis does ring true; I'm sure I remember a study of retention of read material comparing paper books with e-readers which supports that point. I think it was something to do with not having an easy way to intuit position in a book with e-readers.
- bougiefever 12y agoI think it sounds ridiculous. I read both hard-copy and electronic books on a variety of devices. The only device this would hold true for (sample size of one here) is on the computer. The angle of my eyes is wrong, and I need to hold it in my hands. Once I get immersed in the plot, I don't care what is serving it up.
- scrumper 12y agoI meant 'ring true' as in 'I vaguely remember some research which supports the point.'
- geoelectric 12y agoRegardless of whether it's true, Amazon is hardly the only company to sell an e-reader, nor did they invent the concept. It's a silly inclusion on a list of otherwise ethics-related arguments.