David Anderson in Canada nails it!

Very funny article. You seem to suggest that the only real use for electronic reading devices, including the Kindle (if it were any good) and the iPod Touch, is to satisfy sudden urges to read (such as the late-night urge), or to continue reading (as after a book has been completed on the beach). I wonder if, during your research and your time with the Kindle, you ever had the sense that the demand of the book for patient, focused attention is simply antagonistic to the electronic medium, which is aiming to imitate the feel and readability of a book while adding an upgrade of immediate gratification? Will this “upgrade” ever truly be an upgrade, in the patient world of books, or will it simply distract the reader and downgrade the reading experience?


David Anderson
Ottawa, Ontario