I'd say that reading on a screen *can* be qualititatively different than reading on paper.....

"I'd say that reading on a screen *can* be qualititatively different than
reading as we have understood it, but does not necessarily have to be.

I've
read narrative book-like material almost exclusively on screens for ten
years and I am seldom distracted by links.

I focus on the text, particularly
with e-books.

But I know what you mean; different experiences are certainly
possible and are becoming widespread and it is something different than what
we have always called "reading" when you use a basic text more as a jumping
off point than as a narrative."

Mike