Thread: The Death of E-Readers Is All Your Fault
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Old 01-09-2013, 07:44 AM   #130
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Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite View Post
My brother bought a Kindle HD for each of his two sons (14 & 12). He hoped it might encourage them to read a bit more but obviously all they do is watch films and play games. Sadly I can't take the moral high ground as I bought a Nexus 7 to replace my Kindle 2i (which my wife has taken over) and I now spend more time reading news articles and forum posts than I do reading books

Perhaps there's a clinic that will be able to slowly disconnect me from the superficial world wide web and plug me back into the imaginary world of books.

Mike

And this is exactly the issue. The desire has to be there, you can't put a bandage on it and expect to fix it. Those with a love of literature will read, those without but forced to will not. Is it good or bad for society? This is the question the future will answer by looking to history.
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