I'm amused at this part:
Anne Fadiman, the author, was relieved to learn that her essay collection, “Ex Libris,” was not available on Kindle. “It would really be ironic if it were,” she said of the book, which evokes her abiding passion for books as objects.
“There’s a little box on Amazon that reads ‘Tell the publisher I’d like to read this book on Kindle,’ ” she said. “I hope no one tells the publisher.”
Aren't ebook publishing rights something that's included (or excluded) in a contract? If she didn't want it published as an ebook, she had a chance to prevent it.