Tuesday, July 19, 2011

A Point

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This writer has managed to voice I reluctance I've felt about electronic reading devices. I totally understand, and actually agree, that these devices need to do more than just be readers. Not because of market competition, because integration is the driving force of the nanotech age. But however nice it is that I can scan the Internet from my mobile to keep abreast with the 24/7 news cycle or my email, I don't want to do that when I'm reading. This may sound old fashioned but when I'm reading I want to read. I want a book which is a device that may have advertisements on it's back pages for other books or products, but those aren't distractions from the basic purpose of the book: reading what the author has written.

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