I don't believe Kindles use LCD screens, but rather static, non-oscillating electrophoretic displays. They also don't emit light, so I'm not sure in what ways (if any) they are neurally different to looking at a printed page.
I have a Kindle myself and find that it's easier on my eyes than some of the yellowing scraps of paper and ink that I have to work with! They won't replace printed books (I hope) because they're difficult to skim and you can't jump back and forth easily between pages, but I think they have their place. I'd actually be curious to know which is more environmentally friendly overall, a physical book or an e-reader.
All the best,
Ben
On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 08:35:57 -0700, Robert Parsons <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I really think clay tablets or the wax tryptych was really the best thing
>going. lol Btw, with the amount of time I have to spend at a pc all day no-one
>will ever talk me into purchasing a kindle or reading books on-line other than a
>few pages. Oh, and that also brings to mind, I'm not sure but some may need to
>consider the neural / psychotropic effect of the oscillations of the lcd screen,
>etc.. Other than citing a full-blown study on the topic I would just add that
>the long-term effects are not totally positive. Sitting down the the medium of
>the book is a far more relaxing and subsequently conducive to long-term study as
>far as I am concerned and as many researchers have come to realize.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: David Mattichak <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Fri, November 4, 2011 6:29:25 AM
>Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Academic ebooks
>
>
>Very amusing Cody! Extolling the virtues of bound books over rolled up
>parchments.
>
>
>
>________________________________
>Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 17:38:59 +0800
>From: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Academic ebooks
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>I wonder if the same sort of discussions were happening when the book started to
>surpass the scroll...
>
>Best,
>Cody
>
>
>On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 5:12 PM, David Mattichak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>MargaretFor a look at professional POD forums at Linkedin (where most publishing
>industry people do their networking) check out:
>>http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1782083&trk=hb_side_g
>>I am a big fan of POD publishing and now it is approaching other book printing
>>methods for quality with lots of printers offering hard covers and premium
>>quality paper stocks. It is definitely an area of interest for anyone that is
>>publishing academically simply because of its cost effectiveness.
>>I hope that this is useful or interesting for you
>>Ciao
>>DGM
>>
>>
>>
>________________________________
>Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:13:15 +0100
>>
>>From: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Academic ebooks
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>On 4 November 2011 09:02, David Mattichak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> ...I posted the article simply because the e-book offers so many new
>>opportunities for anyone that publishes books or articles and I thought that
>>this group might be useful or interesting to the scholars on this site as it
>>often discusses new technologies and services.
>>>I love real hardcopy books too Margaret and I don't think that they are going
>>>away, but not everything merits an expensive print run.
>>>DGM
>>>
>
>David, I'm in complete agreement with you about expensive print runs. I tried
>several years ago to convince the organisers of a large conference, where
>publishing every paper presented is part of the deal, that putting the papers on
>CD would be much better, and easier, than trying to arrange publication of a
>series of 12-15 volumes every four years. (They didn't agree; their publishing
>programme is now about 10 years in arrears.) The huge advantage of electronic
>publishing is print-on-demand for those who want physical books, and I think
>this should be the route for libraries and for conferences where the whole
>argument for publishing books appears to be that some of the presenters like to
>be able to show off a hard copy when they get back to their home institutions.
>My point, and I'm sorry that I didn't make it clear, was only to mention that
>purely electronic archiving (not publishing) is very difficult. Thank you for
>posting the article. The issue needs to be continually debated.
>Sincerely,
>Margaret
>
>>--
>>Margaret Gouin
>>http://independent.academia.edu/ad3b
>>Author, Tibetan Rituals of Death : Buddhist funerary practices
>>
>
>
>--
>Cody Bahir M.A.J.S.
|