Designing for Digital Reading

Jennifer Pearson is a researcher in the Future Interaction Technology Laboratory (FIT Lab) ) at Swansea University, UK. She finished her Microsoft-funded Ph.D. in 2011 under the supervision of Harold Thimbleby, Matt Jones, George Buchanan, and Richard Harper. George Buchanan is a Reader at the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design at City University, London. His research interests focus on interactive search, mobile devices, and uncertainty in interaction. Harold Thimbleby is Professor of Computer Science at Swansea University; he has been a Wolfson-Royal Society Research Merit Award Holder and a Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow. He is proud to have been Jen's Ph.D. supervisor.

• Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Figure Credits.- Introduction.- Reading Through the Ages.- Key Concepts.- Lightweight Interactions.- Improving Digital Reading.- Bibliography.- Authors' Biographies.