[HarryT]

Originally Posted by donovanh

Interesting article about book stores, electronic books, and differing views on how to move with the times that are a changing:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6547061.html

I see that the writer of this article is as ignorant as the writers of such rhetoric generally are; consider this "gem":

As I mulled over these writers’ unexpected hostility toward normal, even healthy reader behavior, I was similarly struck by the reception to the launch of Amazon’s Kindle. I read the reviews and commentary and realized why I’d never buy one: it’s an expensive if lightweight box to carry a bunch of books that are rented at only a small savings over the cost of discounted print books. I say “rented” because the buyer can’t share them and can’t sell them. They can only shop at one bookstore, and it works only if the buyer happens to be in the parts of the United States that have the right sort of Sprint coverage. (Amazon to Montana: drop dead.)

Can only shop at one bookstore? Rubbish.
Only works if you have Sprint coverage? Rubbish

Why don't the people who write this kind of garbage take the time to do a little research?