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Originally Posted by Alan Kaufman
We are slowly dissolving in a catastrophe of blandness. A stainless steel tableau of screen-mummified generic looking clone people placidly seated in the sun on perfect lawns of Astroturf, gaping at laptops and ipods and Blackberries. A fear-constricted world painted in the fading pastels of distraction- benumbed senses. A world in which fewer and fewer people bother to read books that engage you. I don't mean Harry Potter or James Patterson. I mean The Brothers Karamazov. I mean Madame Bovary, Sound and Fury, War and Peace, Bleak House. .
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Mr Kaufman, if I told you all these books were out there, price from "free" on up, would that make a difference?
If I told you many of us have re-discovered these and many other classics by noted authors because they are free, and a pleasure to read on a small device instead of lugging huge books around would that make a difference?
What if I told you many people with ebook readers have discovered these authors for the first time.....and are devouring every classic out there, would that help you understand?
Nah........I don't think it would. I think your mind is closed.