Before Buying a Kindle, Consider the Physical Book’s Benefits

Amazon’s latest Kindle, the $249 New Kindle Oasis, is definitely appealing. It’s got a bigger screen, waterproofing, and Bluetooth support for listening to audiobooks. But if you consider reading to be fundamental, you’re better off sticking to traditional paper books instead of pixelated pages. Study after study show that reading on screens is, for various reasons, inferior to reading on paper. It’s something to consider before dropping your hard-earned scratch on a New Kindle Oasis—or any e-reader. Source: Before Buying a Kindle, Consider the Physical Book’s Benefits

Sorry, but for non-fiction books, Kindle books are still better to my mind while nothing beats the feel of paperback for fiction…