E-reading isn’t reading.......

[SheilaT]

22. You should be thinking about it.

It's going to happen. Maybe it has already and I'm not aware of it, since I don't have an e-reader. But if it hasn't it will.

Oh, and don't the different e-readers use different formatting? I suppose that doesn't matter, since you can't pass the electronic version of the book on to someone else short of actually handing them your device. But the permanence of real books is undeniable.

I really, really hate it that whenever I go to Amazon all they are doing is plugging their own e-reader, as if no one out there is primitive enough to be reading the old-fashioned paper books. That's what bugs me the most, the attempt to force all of us to the electronic version. When that happens, it might actually be possible to destroy all copies of a book that only exists electronically. That's another thing that should have people just a little concerned.