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The only thing I have difficulties with are references; older works tend to refer a lot to even older classics, or to lo locations, places and events that were common knowledge back then, but aren't now. So I read slower because I have to stop and go look something up. If it'd be possible to give a new book to someone in 1850, would he also have difficulties? Last edited by Katsunami; 04-13-2016 at 03:38 AM. |
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Ah.. he would have fainted away reading words like f*** and f****ng on nearly every page of the modern novels! |
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In the case of the two books I mentioned, I think it's simply that more happens in fewer words in the 1974 book compared to the 2013 book.
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I read faster at a smaller font than my normal font, but my eyes get blurry much faster, so I try to stick to the font that is currently best for me. It probably adds a couple of minutes per chapter extra to the reading. |
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Style makes a big difference in reading text. Stylistically you can plow quickly through an NIV Bible precisely because they had stylists go over it to make it read very smoothly. Compare that version to the NRSV Bible.
Louis L'Amour writes in a very simple style that I can read quickly. The other side of the coin is that more difficult books like the KJV Bible or a work like Moby Dick can be rewarding and memorable even when more difficult to read and understand, sometimes the struggle makes us better readers and rewards us for the effort. |
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As I said earlier, life is short, books are too many and I won't like this in news someday - "... and he left behind a wife, two sons and a TBR list of over 5000 books...."
Jokes apart, I was trying to gather the reading experience of various members, to see if the ereaders help us improve our reading speed by any means, as I felt in my personal experience. Besides the above, a whole bunch of new reasons which may affect the reading speed, have been suggested to me by various avid readers, which I am thankful for. Speed Reading has been a subject of debate for many years. In past, even US president John F. Kennedy was a proponent of speed reading and encouraged his staff to take lessons. President Jimmy Carter, and his wife Rosalynn, were both avid readers and enrolled in a speed-reading course at the White House, along with several staff members. Common controversies in speed reading are between its intent and nature with traditional concepts like Comprehension vs Speed. The World Championship Speed Reading Competition stresses reading comprehension as critical. Mental readers generally read at approximately 250 words per minute. Auditory readers read at approximately 450 words per minute. Visual readers read at approximately 700 words per minute. Visual reading is a skill that can be developed through continuous training and practice. The top contestants typically read around 1,000 to 2,000 words per minute with approximately 50% comprehension or above. Even computer programs are available to help instruct speed reading. Some programs present the data as a serial stream, since the brain handles text more efficiently by breaking it into such a stream before parsing and interpreting it. In this context, my curiosity regarding improvement in reading speed should not be considered extraordinary. |
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A very patient and thorough explanation. Thank you.
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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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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. |
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