I'm a journalism student as Arizona State and I covered a press conference with Meghan McCain a couple days ago just before she did a Q&A and book signing at a local indie bookshop here in Tempe called Changing Hands Bookstore. One of the other journalists asked her about e-books, but he had such a thick accent that it was hard to make out the question. But McCain had the following to say about e-books:
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"I read... I'm, again, from a more modern, digital age, so I have a Kindle and I read on my Kindle and I read iBooks. I love having, like, physical books on my coffee table, but I travel a lot and it's just lighter, you know, carrying it in your suitcase and your handbag. So I use a Kindle."
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She mentions iBooks but says nothing about having an iPad, which leads me to think that she's probably just using it on an iPhone.
McCain talks a lot about being a product of her generation not just in reference to her use of social networking sites and e-books but also concerning her views of the Republican party. She's known for her gay rights advocacy, which hasn't made her popular within the Republican party, but she believes (correctly, in my opinion) that it's a generational thing.
I find it interesting that she seems to find ebooks to be a generational thing, as well. That may be generally true, although I don't know how much dedicated ebook readers are generational. Dedicated eink readers can probably be credited with getting older generations interested in ebooks for the first time.