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Originally Posted by tsantsa
"Will eBooks create an elite reading class?"
I am of the opinion that simply READING has become an elitist class.
EDIT: Not that I'm saying readers are elitist in general, but some people see you as a snob if you read heavily. I don't know about you, but I have a dead-end job filled with knuckle-draggers (elitist? me? no! ;> ) and we have conversations throughout the day. I like to talk about my hobbies and likes. My co-workers are much the same, except for the reading part... Sometimes, I do sense a certain degree of "I bet he thinks he's better than us" responses or looks. Although, I bet when some of them are talking about whatever it is they do, I probably have the same attitude sometimes...
But my point is, they seem to view reading itself as elitist. I wonder what they teach their children.
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You make a good point, but I think readers have always been a minority and things haven't changed all that much.