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I took exception to this excerpt, especially the last line --
"But an e-book is a file, and as computer users, we have very different relationships with files than we do with books. Files are for use: We fiddle with their preferences, we delete them, we rename them and copy them and stretch them, sometimes to the point of crashing. It's impossible to ascribe the same childish sense of awe and authority to a file as we do to books.
Files are for arguments. Even on a subconscious level, this affects the reading process. And not necessarily in a bad way. Files are more conversational than books; they knock the content down a notch or two in esteem. Any schmuck can make a file, but self-*publishing even one physical book requires an outlay of money to hire a craftsman's expertise.
Put simply: Reading an e-book is more like reading a magazine article than reading a physical book. "
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