In our culture, a book is read from front to back, with the eye traveling along the line of text from the left to the right. The eye then travels back to the left and down to the next line of text. And then from left to right again. And then across to the phone, in case anyone’s said anything on Twitter. And then back to the book for a line. Then back to the phone. And down the screen on the phone for about ten minutes. And then back to the book, but back up a line or two to remember where you were and what was happening. Then to the phone again. And so on.
