Do most people read faster on an e-reader?
I've discovered that I can borrow books from our library for my Kindle, and this past Saturday I signed out The Hobbit. That we have two physical copies on our shelves is beside the point: Kindle books are the most comfortable way to read in bed—at least under our present lighting setup—and that's what I wanted it for. As a tried-and-true introvert, my brain is always spinning rapidly, and if I don't get sufficient, effective processing time during the day—and sometimes even if I do—trying to fall asleep is like putting in the clutch while opening the throttle: high rpms with no actual progress made. Reading a few chapters of a good book engages the engine and throttles back to where sleep can take over.
For physical books, our library's default loan period is three weeks. The default loan period for e-books is one week.
The downside of so much exposure to Facebook and other modern communication is that I am tempted at this point to write, "WTF?" Instead, I will try to remember what we all said before that offensive term became so common as to jump immediately even to my own mind, and simply say, "Huh?" I find reading a book a week to be an ambitious goal.
I don't think I read any faster (or slower) on the Kindle than with the printed page. Do you?
