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mdp · 06-16-2019, 02:47 PM

The thread was moved to the lounge (nice place, but not wearing a stern frown), very probably because the format of book I refer to is not electronic. Bah. Mh. (Ph., Zh., Gh.) I radically doubt that the reader focuses on format rather than substance.

Paper remains in full a mobile reading device. And contrary to 15 years ago, difficulties are today much stronger in accessing paper than somehow accessing electronic content (which does not count as a replacement - especially if your intention is browsing, in and out)...

EDIT: the chief purpose and benefit of electronic format is flexibility of use (storage, work etc.), but it does not match the importance of physical format for decision making (text sieving, discovery and assessment).

06-16-2019, 02:47 PM	#4
mdp Wizard Posts: 1,481 Karma: 9010563 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: none	The thread was moved to the lounge (nice place, but not wearing a stern frown), very probably because the format of book I refer to is not electronic. Bah. Mh. (Ph., Zh., Gh.) I radically doubt that the reader focuses on format rather than substance. Paper remains in full a mobile reading device. And contrary to 15 years ago, difficulties are today much stronger in accessing paper than somehow accessing electronic content (which does not count as a replacement - especially if your intention is browsing, in and out)... EDIT: the chief purpose and benefit of electronic format is flexibility of use (storage, work etc.), but it does not match the importance of physical format for decision making (text sieving, discovery and assessment). Last edited by mdp; 06-29-2019 at 04:06 AM.