Thank you for doing the research on this. I too have noticed paper quality diminishing. I have purchased several books within the last year and thought the same exact thing. As a teacher, the kids have disposable math workbooks and to say the papers inside is thin would be an understatement. I cringe every time they have to erase. I guess we can check out old classics at the library when we start feeling down. :)
That is exactly what we should do when we need to feel nice paper again! Too bad about the kids' workbooks, though. Incidentally, I was also reading research about the fact that students have better comprehension on paper than on screens, but textbook companies are moving away from and disincentivizing paper textbooks. That's discouraging.
Thank you for doing the research on this. I too have noticed paper quality diminishing. I have purchased several books within the last year and thought the same exact thing. As a teacher, the kids have disposable math workbooks and to say the papers inside is thin would be an understatement. I cringe every time they have to erase. I guess we can check out old classics at the library when we start feeling down. :)
That is exactly what we should do when we need to feel nice paper again! Too bad about the kids' workbooks, though. Incidentally, I was also reading research about the fact that students have better comprehension on paper than on screens, but textbook companies are moving away from and disincentivizing paper textbooks. That's discouraging.