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Originally Posted by Ankh
And "the book" is unassailable, isn't it?
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Literature is unassailable. A "book" is just a bound volume of paper.
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Originally Posted by khalleron
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.
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For some, of course... not for all. But that's a discussion for elsewhere...
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Originally Posted by Patricia
I rather thought that our conversions for our MR library are the direct opposite of book burning.
I'm not reducing the number of paper copies. But I'm adding to the number of ways that a book is available, and making it accessible to people who live far away from libraries, or who have sight problems and need large print etc.
It strikes me that Mr Kaufman has not thought this through.
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Right on both counts.