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Originally Posted by Ankh
What about the "dedicated reader" vs. "generic device" theme which frequently pops up as an subject of discussion right here, on MR?
"If I have to switch to electronic version of the content, let it be on DEDICATED reader, the device which is a proper surrogate for 'the book'"...
It is not easy to attack him, and logical dissection of his writing might be counterproductive... All that pyrotechnic is a fervent sermon, the text is religious dogma, the deity... The Book.
And "the book" is unassailable, isn't it?
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Um. Wrong. The reason people argue for dedicated readers is because, at this point in the technology, dedicated (i.e. e-ink) readers are the easiest to read. Backlit LCDs are tiring on the eyes, e-ink isn't.
If there were a multifunctional device that had the readability of e-ink, we'd all be pretty much all over it.
Nothing 'sacred' here except the content. The 'soul' of a book is the ideas it contains, not the form in which it's presented.