I can remember where passages are on the page too....

2009-03-17T09:38:00.000-05:00

I can remember where passages are on the page too. And I'm beginning to think that the contextual information (smells, temperature, touch) when I read becomes part of my experience of reading and adds to it ... Now if Kindle could figure out other contextual information (the way Amazon provides a different bookstore experience than physical bookstores), then maybe ...

Very interesting. I know that when leafing back t...

2009-03-11T12:30:00.000-05:00

Very interesting. I know that when leafing back through a book trying to find an earlier reference to a character or incident, I can often remember whether the relevant passage was on the left side (i.e., an even-numbered page) or right (odd), as well as whether it was at the top, middle or bottom of the page, but can't remember whether it was ten or two hundred pages back!

I haven't warmed to the Kindle. I started The Winds of War on it via the free first chapter download and found it tedious whereas on paper I immediately dug it.

My favorite e-book experience is using the amazon "Look Inside the Book" feature to make headway during idle office moments in books I'm reading at home. If you know the right tricks, you can often read 100 pages or more before it cuts you off.

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I can remember where passages are on the page too....

Very interesting. I know that when leafing back t...