On the contrary the 4 to 11% applies to textbooks too. Much of it is repetition. Example after example, especially in technical books. The idea is to consciously focus on the examples that help your conscious mind get it faster. You don't need them all.
Also what they mean by the 4-11% is words like ... like, is, and, or, but, if, so, do, be, what, really, from...carry no real meaning... text is loaded with that.
When you read you read for meaning, you can get by only reading 4 to 11% of the text to get the meaning. Since PhotoReading has already exposed your mind to ALL the text, how can you believe you will miss anything?
I've had people tell me, "Alex it didn't work. I missed the important information."
I asked, "How do you know you missed it? "
Reply, "It didn't feel right, something made me go back and read it slowly. See, I can't photoread."
"My dear friend. Instead of telling yourself lies that you can't PhotoRead you ought to be congratulating yourself on your success. You knew something was wrong. You followed the inner voice to double check. How would you know that there was something wrong in your conscious understanding if PhotoReading didn't work? It shone like a lighthouse beacon that your conscious mind missed something and sent you back to it. I say that's brilliant. Because ultimately you fulfilled your purpose and did it accurately in less time. How often have you missed the obvious with traditional reading and there was no nagging doubt to spur you to re-read what you consciously misunderstood?"
You miss a lot less with PhotoReading because your non-conscious mind gets to play first.
Alex
