> > > > the text is obviously the most important aspect of reading, > but every writer > > I've ever met has also been a reader and has been in love > with books. Most > > of the great novelists have at some time in their career > written about the > > joys of books in much the same terms that Marnie and I have > been using. > > Yes, but it's entirely separate from, and secondary to, the *writing*. >
Sure, but ebooks are about reading and readers, not about writing, so I don't get your point. > Neither you nor George Orwell would buy Danielle Steele > novels no matter > how magnificent the paper, printing and binding. > You may have stumbled up on my guilty secret! > And you would still love George Orwell's writing if it were only > available in cheap paperback form. > That's how I first read it. But even cheap paperbacks are part of the ritual of browsing, choosing and reading, and it's this ritual associated with being a reader that the Kindles (and you, as far as I can tell) don't seem to understand. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
