I find font size and environment a big thing. Everything I read on a website is from a desk based environment, from home or at work. Every book I currently re

I find font size and environment a big thing. Everything I read on a website is from a desk based environment, from home or at work. Every book I currently read is on the same laptop, but I sit at the back of a bus, with the PDF font size blown up to 10 words per line, where I can lose myself without other distractions. I convert every ePub and the like to a PDF with the formatting I like. From the article: >Liu noted in his study that sustained attention seems to decline when people read onscreen rather than on paper, and that people also spend less time on in-depth reading. Sit at the back of bus. No attention towards anywhere else. > The researchers found that when people read short nonfiction onscreen, their understanding of the text suffered because people managed their time poorly compared with when they used paper (although paper’s advantage disappeared when people were given a fixed amount of time to read the text). Manage time. Sit at the back of a bus to read, instead of standing on the subway despite some time saving. > Other studies have also found costs when people multi-task online Again, sit at the back of a bus. No online. Perhaps the public busses where I live are really nice. Actually, they are, albeit overcrowded at intermediate stops. I intentionally take a slower route home to have time sitting on the back of the bus to read. Pumped up font sizes, a touchscreen laptop, and a seat at the back of a bus are great reading environments. Far better than sitting at home with all the distractions that makes. An anecdote: I much prefer pumped up font sizes on an 11" screen than typical typeset in a handily carried book. And cannot concentrate when trying to read on a 6" or 7" phone/small tablet screen.