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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Reading "distractions" on tablets are entirely self-inflicted wounds. When I sit down to read for a few hours, I read distraction-free for a few hours. Did so with print, did so with eink, and now do so on a tablet. People who are easily distracted will be easily distracted. That's all there is to it. I get a kick out of how so many people believe that tablets are jangling, binging, flashing bags of shiny toys that people couldn't possibly use to read distraction-free.
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I wonder if people who say they need to read paper books to avoid the distraction of a tablet or phone actually turn off those devices while reading their paper book. If not, the distraction would still be there.
As for screen fatigue, I find my eink reader very different from the screen on my phone or PC. Eink is actually a break from those screens (for me, anyway - I suppose this is one of those YMMV things).
I agree with Jackie that the lack of smell is a big advantage to reading on an electronic device. No ashtray scent is a good thing!