I think I got my first Kindle five years ago. It was probably the second generation of e-ink Kindle devices. It helped that the next day, I was on the long flight back from the US to India. In other word, my reading immediately went up. I continue to read paper books, and enjoy them. However the e-book is also now a huge part of my reading because of (a) immediate downloads, especially after reading a review of the book, and (b) e-books being cheaper that the dead-tree version and (c) many books that interested me (Bufallo Bill, Geronimo) etc being available free on the Kindle store.
I do not have a strong preference for either format, and it is the content that matters to me. I do not use the Kindle app on my phone/tablet because I don't want to subject my eyes to another light emitting device after working all day in front of an LED monitor. I also bought a cover for the Kindle with an embedded light. This saves me the hassle of getting up and switching off the tube light when I am done with my quota of late-night reading. Yes, I know I am lazy :-) On a related tangent (is that an oxymoron?) I shamefully admit that I downloaded "Fifty Shades of Grey" on my Kindle. How I wonder if the movie will be as "boring" as the book. Venky On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > So I got myself a Kindle. And whether it is the novelty or the > device-specific aspects (doesn't need ambient light, sufficiently > booklike that one can read sprawled in bed, etc) - I have consumed 3 > books in 3 days, more than in the preceding 3 months. > > So - have you folks noticed your reading habits change with the means > of reading? Is this a special case of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis [1]? > > Udhay > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir_Whorf > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > >
