OK, how about a quiz to see what some Canadian authors think about eBook readers?
Match the nominee to a response.
Question:
- Do you currently have, or are you lusting after, an ebook reader ...?
Nominees:
- Linden MacIntyre
- Anne Michaels
- Annabel Lyon
- Colin McAdam
- Kim Echlin
Responses:
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Yes, I am looking forward to having an ebook ... I think it will be terrific for research and travel.
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No. I like bookstores and going to bookstores and browsing and picking books up and putting them down and carrying them home in a bag, and needing bookmarks, and losing my page and finding it again, and the feel of pages, and the sound of pages turning, and and and ..
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I don't have one, so yeah, I'm lusting.
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Nothing, ever, can replace the feel of paper in the hand ... but it would be useful to be able to read in the dark.
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Yes, I am looking forward to having an ebook ... I think it will be terrific for research and travel
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