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So, like I said back on the first page of this thread, I started a new book, and make the margins fat on my Kobo Glo. For reading in bed, which I do without my glasses, with the screen 6-7 inches from my face, the narrow margins are great! I have much less eyeball travel, and I do believe it allows me to read somewhat faster.
That said, it is the reduced movement that I like. How quickly or how slowly I may read isn't of vital importance for me. I know if I read too fast, I miss details. For some fluff fiction, that's not a problem. When reading more complex books, it certainly is.
I certainly couldn't read a 400 page book written by George Will as quickly as I could read a 400 page book written by Emma Miller. (Not that she writes 400 page books) Her books are usually in the 240-280 page category, and I can read them in 3 hours.
There used to be users on the old Amazon forums who would get hung up in the xxx-minutes to end of book or chapter info that some Kindles show at the bottom of the screen. I never got that...I made changes in the software to shut that stuff off. All I really want to see is a percentage read for the book.
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