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So the author's complaint is that Big Brother knows what you are reading? If you purchase books, or anything for that matter, with a credit/debit card, or checked out a book from the library, haven't they had that ability for a long time?
Amazon isn't the only place to buy books. I always hope that people will see that they have choices in ereaders and ebooks.
Everything from microwaves and TV remotes to wifi computers and smart phones is supposed to make our lives better. Microwave food rarely tastes as good as stove cooked (think grilled cheese sandwiches, fried chicken and pie). I have 150 channels that I can browse through and have nothing to watch. I am better connected to the entire world but I don't know all of my neighbors names. I have a thousand songs on a tiny device but the quality is such a compromise that I can't hear the subtlety that the artist worked hard to acheive. My neighbor has a car that parks itself, recognizes his voice, monitors his performance better than the space shuttle, calls for assistance if he has a wreck, can climb the steepest mountains at the push of a button, and warms his butt when it is cold outside, but he can't find time and doesn't want to fight the traffic to go visit his Mom at the nursing home just across town.
Ereaders are bad for you? I have never had greater access to the world's great books than now. My ereader's pages are as crisp and clear as most of the books I own. If I install a memory card, it holds more books than I could read in a lifetime. I share my reader with my wife and daughter. The books we've read number much more than all the books we've read in all the time before. We even take time to discuss the books we've read and suggest titles for each other to consider. Try that with your teenager and their omnifunctional smart-phone apps. (Just how important is your angry birds high score?) txt them 2 ask maybe they will ttyl. @TEOTD 1dr how it has improved our life. DBEYR. BSF, Go on facebook to see if you are still friended. If you are confused google it. Yo dog, see how our vocabulary has grown.
This article makes me wonder how many works-of-art books the author has read, paper or electronic. What inventions does she consider to enhance her life experience? Ironic, the article she mentions "The Dangers of Ebooks" by Richard Stallman is a PDF file. Fine literature it is.
Luddite rant off
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