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Originally Posted by arjaybe
A very patient and thorough explanation. Thank you.
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You are welcome.
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Originally Posted by dwig
Typography can make a massive difference, whether comparing two pbooks, two ebooks or one of each. Overly long lines of text, or overly short ones, severely reduce readability. I've seen many very poorly done pbooks over the years, probably the worst was a trade paperback edition of Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Brown text on off-white paper yielded a low contrast page that was hard to read, a case of form over function killing the product. Similarly, there is a local newspaper format literary journal of sorts that chronically uses exceptionally long lines that are impossible to scan easily; when your eye returns to the beginning of the next line it takes some effort and time to find the right line.
Despite my mild dyslexia, in the over 1/2 century that I've been reading novel length pbooks and over 1/4 century that I've been reading ebooks I haven't noticed any speed or difficulty differences that I can attribute to anything other than typography. I properly made ebook on a properly setup device can be as easy for me to read as a well typeset pbook. Both the typography on either and reading efficiency plummets.
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Yes, I agree with you. A proper typography and a reasonable length of sentence make a book easier to read and comprehend. Even I have experienced while reading a little mistake of grammar or spelling error rings a little bell in my mind, and after the end of sentence, I often come back to the beginning and re-read it, to properly grasp the correct meaning. If it is an exceptionally long text, it even takes a longer time to comprehend.
Thanks to ebooks, we always get a properly lit, white background and a constant and reasonable level of contrast on the text lines. It has been a long trending problem with pbooks with varying quality and color of paper and printing ink.
Your views are highly appreciated, thanks.