I was reading an interesting article out of New Zealand the other day on things that will become extinct because of technology (including telephone land lines, radios and books). I don’t necessarily agree with everything on the list, but reading the comments, I discovered that a lot of people are very anti e-readers.
When I moved to the US, I donated my entire collection of books (with the exception of only a couple of pieces) to a community house because I couldn’t take them. Since my house hadn’t sold prior to the move, we were limited to 6 suitcases between 3 of us - you try packing up 30 odd years of your life in to that amount of space!! Books aren’t that cheap, and getting to the library or to the nearest book store can be a hassle. Unlike Walmart or CVS, they’re not on every corner. So, when I got my first Kindle, I was in heaven. I replaced a lot of my library from home for a fraction of the cost, and have found myself exposed to far more writers and talent than I would have been if I’d stuck with physical books.
Anyway, lets look at some of the comments and try to dispel a couple of the myths ....
