This is an important post for teachers, parents and publishers involved in getting children to read:
Do eBooks have too much going on the page that distracts from the print?
Does the ‘read to me’ option develop ‘look and say’ method of reading instead of decoding?
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/students-reading-e-books-are-losing-out-study-suggests/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Thanks to Annie Murphy Paul for flagging this up.