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Sherman Alexie
Have you ever talked to a stranger simply because you noticed the cover of the book they were reading? Have you ever fallen in love with somebody because of the book they were reading? Have you ever felt the awe of walking onto an airplane and seeing that forty or fifty people are reading the same Harry Potter novel? The Kindle, and its lovely but electronically anonymous exterior, eliminates that moment. Unless Amazon puts a view screen on the outside that digitizes cover art...and then maybe I'd fall in love with a machine....[QUOTE]
The short answer is... NO! People are naturally curious and if you see a book you've read and tell the person this, his/her thoughts will be "well thanks @ss! I'm trying to do the same!"
Alexie should join MR, we have covered this topic and the majority of the members do not like to be disturbed while reading (except if its for complimenting their readers...
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He's too preoccupied in how he can get free publicity on subways.
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Matthew B. Brunson says:
'Twas the pointless mis-shapen apology
Of an author who scorned new technology
To cause his sales on the Kindle
To most certainly dwindle
Through lessons of foot-in-mouth-ology!
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