The Electronic Reader
I had avoided digital readers. I was righteously Luddite, a pure romantic about books. Afraid I’d lose the sacred relationship between getting lost in the pages and digital ink. Like an old testament prophet faced with new testament knowledge.
Than I read a book on a digital reader. Phenomenal. So easy to get lost in the story, the experience. With one problem.
How the hell do you hold it? It’s so little, and then when I hold it, I went to grab it where the page flip buttons are, so I’m accidentally advancing and retreating through the book. Really, that only happened a few times, but it was a concern.
Then there was the weight. So light, so easy to hold. It made the book feel ephemeral. No longer will the big hardcovers bully the thin paperbacks. Everything is equal on a digital reader. It’s like the death and taxes of literature.
Maybe.
