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danbloom · 10-29-2009, 10:28 AM

BenG,
But what about this?

"Plain old "reading" simply doesn't seem to cover the various acts necessary to experience a multimedia vook that we have to click, scroll, screen, watch, listen to, and - yes - read. "

-- Richard Curtis, veteran NYC literary agent and Ebook publisher

http://www.ereads.com/2009/10/is-tha...r-are-you.html

10-29-2009, 10:28 AM	#32
danbloom Banned Posts: 135 Karma: 366 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cyberspace Device: The Bindle: no batteries, hand-cranked pages, mobile, underlineable	BenG, But what about this? "Plain old "reading" simply doesn't seem to cover the various acts necessary to experience a multimedia vook that we have to click, scroll, screen, watch, listen to, and - yes - read. " -- Richard Curtis, veteran NYC literary agent and Ebook publisher http://www.ereads.com/2009/10/is-tha...r-are-you.html