There are contradictions in reading habits among many readers, some prefer for effective reading "use of books" some are habitual about reading on the screen, they do not wish to read the information in the book but they do screen reading, so is it a fashion, or it gives more joy to the eyes instead of looking into the books.

Book reading is just a deminishing habit amongst the many readers and even in students, particularly engineering and medical students, they just turn on their computer and proceed for the information related with their syllabus, perhaps this is not a good habit to read only on screen, refering different books and read out is a great thing to do but most of the people do not do such thing.

Many people or the aspirants of "creating thesis" are very much adhere with the electronic medium to chalk down their ideas, they just do the work "by collecting different information from the different sites and jot down their thesis, this is also not that good.

I am not saying this is bad habit, but the students do this things to save their time in searching in the books and its writers, and its content, they just key the word into the search window and say..GO and find out the information, this is not a clever work they do so, butu they feal that they are doing "clever activity" for the complition of their assignments and thesis.

may be your opinion differs, you may say that both habits are good one, or only book reading and taking short notes, this habit is best one likewise.

sunil

How does this relate to your opinion that TV screens (which aren't hugely different, so far as I know, from monitors) cause all eye damage?

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I find it difficult to read anything extensive on a screen. I'd much rather print it out.

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they are making computer screens that are like paper and do not need power to keep the image going. possible electronic book of the future

I actually find on-screen reading to be quite comfortable. Only with an LCD screen though. I can't wait for this new generation of electronic books.

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I'm slightly nearsighted, so I'm relatively close to what I'm reading.
As a result, I find the pixels tire my eyes out far faster than reading a book does.
On the other hand, I habitually have several books on my palm pilot for reading in busses and other places where a book is less wieldy, so for me it's about fifty-fifty, though I'm rekindling my longslumbering loveaffair with public libraries, so I'd expect the ratio to slip in favour of books on paper.

I am looking forward to Sony's electronic paper though, at least if they ever get their heads out of their backsides enough to stop alienating their customers with their DRM software.

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Personally, I will always prefer books to any other medium. Of course, this is probably just irrational sentiment: I'm notoriously protective of my books. I've been known to say things along the lines of "Are you crazy? That's a book for crying out loud! You can't do that! Give it here!"

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I personally hate reading something extensive on any kind of screen, especially a computer one, thats why unfortunately i dont read many of the long posts here on baut, just like the introduction post that suntrack2 made


reading off of some sort of papoer is best for me. i perfer magazines and books (even though i dont like books)

For one thing, it's a heck of a lot easier to read a paperback while you're in the bath than the screen of a desktop computer.

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"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

I can't read for long periods on screen. I'm definatly a paper man. Dunno why that is really. Like knowledge seeker I get turned off from some long posts here on bout. But I will gladly print and read a new paper. preference I guess

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I prefer paper and I think much of it is the way I recall things. If I have read something in a book, and want to read it again, I can open the book, and I somehow know approximately what page it was on. I recall the shapes around it, the colors, the illustrations, titles, the environment -- as if it were a physical location and I recall the previous journey and nearby landmarks. It usually takes but a couple seconds of page-flipping to find what I'm after.

When I want to reread something I've seen on the computer, I'm at a loss. Where was it? Where do I start looking? Usually I have to recall some of the actual words and do a Google search. Sometimes that works. Often, I can't get the specific words back and it fails. I can't recreate the journey. I can't rediscover the location. It's frustrating.

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I don't mind reading on line, but as Gillianren pointed out..it's tough to read in a hot bath. In the winter I like to read by the fire, nothing like snuggling up with a good book when you can't go outside. As least in my world, books will always have a place.

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For me, I think that it's the fact that you can hold a book. Not so with electronic data.

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I find it impossible to read more than a few pages on a computer screen; it just bugs my eyes.

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And then, to quote Giles: "Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell... musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer is... it has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible. It should be, um... smelly."

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I do it all the time. I've read dozens of books from my IPAQ 4700 - the hardware is even getting a little worn I use it so much. It is pretty tough - I've accidentally dropped it on a (carpeted) floor a number of times, and it has gotten knocked around pretty well. I would prefer a little larger screen, though I can manage. It is interesting reading a page effectively lit from behind - there have been times when I was so intent on reading I hadn't realized the room had become completely dark, and then had to use the PDA as a flashlight.

I love books too, but I read as much or more off the screen these days as from books. I do prefer larger LCD screens over smaller CRT monitors.

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I'm the same way about books. I get fits if I see someone breaking a book's spine, I wouldn't consider reading a book in the tub (though I usually take showers), and I am very careful if I'm eating where I might get something on the book. (That's actually one advantage of the PDA - grease it up, wipe it off.)

On the other hand, I have too many books, and have redone the shelving several times. I get tired of trying to find storage for them all and won't sell or give them away. While I prefer paper for technical books, I would be happy if I could get all novels in electronic format assuming that (a) there was no DRM, (b) it was in an open format (or preferably, available in multiple formats) that would be likely to be supported well into the future and (c) available at a reasonable cost (I'm not going to pay hardback prices). There is a bit of that available now, but not enough.

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