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Faster to Read Paper Books Than e-Books, Survey Shows

Photo by Skippyjon The Nielsen Norman Group has conducted a study that shows it is substantially faster to read a paper book than an e-book loaded onto an e-reader. What does this mean — a slowed market for e-readers? A new wave of tree-cutting as the publishing market experiences a resurgent love for the printed word? A turn around in the prediction for e-readers to be successful tools in school classrooms? A giant uptake in energy consumption as readers slowly trudge through War and Peace on their Kindles? Well….not quite. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Faster to Read Paper Books Than e-Books, Survey Shows