E-reading in 2 authors’ Eyes – fonts and research discussed
By Paul Biba
Is an article by Peter Wayner (who has at least 10 mentions in TeleRead for his articles) in today’s New York Times. Wayner interviews Joseph Finder, a high-tech thriller writer, and Lee Child, author of thrillers like “Gone Tomorrow” and “Nothing to Lose”.
Child likes the sameness of the font in an ereader – he feels it helps one concentrate on the actual text. Finder likes the ability to carry around a large number of books, but finds the Kindle’s capability for research use sorely lacking.
December 4th, 2009 at 7:52 am
I like this article by Mr Wayner, thanks for posting it here, Paul. I found these parts worth underlining:
“Mr Finder said he found the screens quite readable but grumbled about the typography.” “It surprises me that all the fonts on the Kindle are all pasteurized and homogenized.” he said.
But e-readers dont always make research easy, he said. Finder said that many books he has read on Kindle lacked a real index compiled by a human…….but none of them arranged by subtopic as every good index does.”
Telling remarks