Which do you read faster - an e-book or paperback?

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Re: Which do you read faster - an e-book or paperback?

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I think that I read Ebooks faster because when I don't understand a word I can directly search it on my kindle. With paper books I need to use my phone to look up the word, which is a loss in time.
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I think I go fast through both, not really a difference
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It doesn't make a difference for me
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It does not make any difference for me and my speed is same in both the modes. But I am finding difficulty in reading a physical book having a small print perhaps because of my advancing age.
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I read a paperback faster. That is only because I am used to holding an actual book in my hands. I do enjoy reading on my kindle because of the huge amount of classic works I can download for free.
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I absolutely don't know the reason for this, but I read paperbacks much faster. There's just something about a good paperback in your hand,and once I'm done I always feel like it ended too soon.
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I read ebooks faster, and I prefer them to the other formats.
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If it is PDF, I would do a rocket on it. If it is epub, it takes me time. But ebooks for me are generally faster for me to read than paper books
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I read paperbacks a lot faster, but ebooks are a lot more convenient so it's the medium I typically go with.
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With my phone, I read faster than when I read a traditional paperback.
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Post by Arianne Joy Melendres »

Definitely paperback. I can finish chunky novels in a span of a day, sometimes entire trilogies if it's a paperback. But it takes me a few days to get through a single ebook. Nonetheless, I still read more ebooks because they're easier to carry around.
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You can,t get the feel of reading books when you are using e books. So it,s better to go with books rather than e books reading.
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It depends on what I am doing. For relaxing I prefer e-books, but for study I prefer paper backs.
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I don't know why, but the electronic version always makes it easier for me.
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It really just depends on the genre of book I am reading, not so much the format.
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