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Yesterday I've read part of a paper book, comparing it to reading on the Kindle, and I noticed that I was faster than on the Kindle. Weirdly enough, the issue seems to be that the Kindle's lines are shorter, and I have set the font bigger. After I downsized the font to the size of the one used in the book (Palatino 2), the lines obviously got longer, and I started to read faster on the Kindle.
I have vision problems (being extremely near-sighted, among them), but peculiarly enough, it doesn't matter how large a font is. If I read without glasses and the font is sharp, then I can read it. I can even read Baskerville size 1 (the smallest font on the Kindle) without any problems; I must try it. Maybe I'm going to get faster still, with even longer lines, but I assume there is a point of diminishing returns.
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