It didn't exactly sound enthusiastic. Their e-book "expert was presented, right off the bat, with a sort of manic-eyed intensity that instantly put me right off. He didn't look like that throughout the rest of the segment, but he looked crazy right out of the box. What kind of unbiased presentation is that?
And the other clip that was linked to from the same page... "End of the book?"... was just as bad: Comparing print to e-book readers and giving the same-old same-old responses (it doesn't smell like a book, you can't get it wet, etc)... with one exception. In considering the e-book for commuters, he lamented that one might get mugged for it!
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