[Koshkin]

> an example where print publishing does a disservice

What would be an example (in the area of learning) where it does not? In the age of pervasive computing printed text is just that - a printout. A screenshot, if you will. Not extremely useful. Even a basic 3D model of something (like a car engine) that you could simply rotate and zoom is immensely more informative than a static picture of the same object.

Text, such as a mathematical proof, too, could be made dynamic for the benefit of the student: you could hide or show references, insert notes, etc.

Static/printed content is merely an artifact of the past technology we continue clinging to for no good reason.

To say nothing about the environmental impact.

[AlotOfReading]

Professional color books (e.g. the Munsell soil books [1]) are a good example here. Screens use different, more restricted color spaces and are additive rather than subtractive. I also have some books where the opposing page is used to hold the corresponding translation, so you can see both the original and its translation simultaneously. That breaks the page-at-a-time model of most document readers.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Munsell-Soil-Book-Color-M50215B/dp/B0...