Come on, guys. . . do you really think that because Microsoft is behind e-Books that more people are going to read books on hand-helds? Please . . . First of all, there is the cultural conditioning of children at the start of school, to learn words and their meanings from serif-faced fonts. Then there is the fact that it's easier to read serif-faced fonts on paper. Then it's simply a matter of convenience: holding a piece of paper is still more convenient that scrolling down the small screen of a hand held PDA. You should have devoted some discussion to what percentage of our reading is performed on digital, electronic media, and what is in traditional, printed media. You could also have discussed how we read serif vs. sans serif typography . Do I have to write this article myself to get you to understand what the real point is???
Reads as a media release for Microsoft!
Come on, guys. . . do you really think that because Microsoft is behind e-Books that more people are going to read books on hand-helds? Please . . . First of all, there is the cultural conditioning of children at the start of school, to learn words and their meanings from serif-faced fonts. Then there is the fact that it's easier to read serif-faced fonts on paper. Then it's simply a matter of convenience: holding a piece of paper is still more convenient that scrolling down the small screen of a hand held PDA. You should have devoted some discussion to what percentage of our reading is performed on digital, electronic media, and what is in traditional, printed media. You could also have discussed how we read serif vs. sans serif typography . Do I have to write this article myself to get you to understand what the real point is???