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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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That's only your personal opinion, of course. Feel free to look down on others, though
Anyway, I can read without distractions for 5-6 hours on my Kindle. However, if I try to read on the iPad, it usually takes me less than half an hour to decide to check wikipedia for some interesting factoid mentioned in the book, and there goes an hour of my time.
e-Ink readers do offer a more focused reading experience, but: a) not everyone needs it; b) for many people it's not sufficient to counteract their natural restlessness/short attention span.
As for the topic at hand, I think it's a combination of high prices, and poor reading experience on phones/tablets that make people give up on ebooks (several highly educated coworkers are on this category - I've urged the Kindle on them, but they are reluctant to spend extra money on a single-purpose device, and stick to pbooks).