On the infomercial, Pete Photoreads the first fifteen pages, then he goes back to super read the same fifteen pages, and that's where he looks at each page individually.
For wide texts, just make sure you can see the four corners of the book. As long as they're in your periphery, you're good to go.
[This message has been edited by NiJuIchi (edited August 16, 2001).]