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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Very proclamatory of you. Quite "hear ye, hear ye."
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It's just so ODD to hear folks fret about tablets as if tablets endanger reading. It's ludicrous. If you give a gamer a kindle, that won't turn him into a reader. He'll just leave the device to gather dust with all the books you bought him before. A tablet or smartphone doesn't change this.
However, if someone has a smartphone or a tablet for other purposes, they MAY just well read more. Those who are inclined to read and for whom the easy access to books is just the trick that moves up their reading.
Such was true for me. I read a lot more due to my smartphone and tablet. But I was already someone who enjoyed reading. My device didn't turn me from a non-reader to a reader. It simply lowered the barrier to reading.
I suppose if someone were stranded on an Island with an eInk device and a Tablet, then one could say the tablet hinders reading. Otherwise, the world is full of distractions for those who prefer such things to reading.