I regularly read 500,000+ word novels online.
Last year, I read Ben-Hur, Great Expectations,
Pride and Prejudice, Oliver Twist, Silas Marner,
and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, to name
a few -- all downloaded from Project Gutenberg.
You just have to make sure you're comfortable,
the screen isn't too bright, you take regular
breaks, etc. Common sense stuff.
I don't find it
any more fatiguing than reading a paper book; in
fact, the opposite is often the case. Maybe I'm
an exception, but when you consider how many of
us work in front of a computer for 8-10 hours a
day, then come home and surf the web until
bedtime, I doubt I'm the only one capable of it.
Most people who find the idea inconceivable
haven't actually tried it -- which is not to say
that it doesn't take some getting used to.
Of
course, I still read paper books, but with a
two-year-old running loose, stealing my bookmark,
kicking the books under the sofa, etc. I find it
more convenient to do most of my reading on the
computer. YMMV.
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I don't find it any more fatiguing than reading a paper book; in fact, the opposite is often the case. Maybe I'm an exception, but when you consider how many of us work in front of a computer for 8-10 hours a day, then come home and surf the web until bedtime, I doubt I'm the only one capable of it. Most people who find the idea inconceivable haven't actually tried it -- which is not to say that it doesn't take some getting used to.
Of course, I still read paper books, but with a two-year-old running loose, stealing my bookmark, kicking the books under the sofa, etc. I find it more convenient to do most of my reading on the computer. YMMV.