Thread: Kaufman links e-book trend to bookburning, Nazis
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Old 12-02-2009, 11:04 AM   #170
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Originally Posted by Alan Kaufman View Post
A Statement From Alan Kaufman, author of 'THE ELECTRONIC BOOKBURNING' To My Mobile Read Critics
http://evergreenreview.com/120/elect...k-burning.html

STATEMENT
Sir,

This was emotional but poorly (if at all) argued. Hyperbole is no substitute for research. Your talent for juggling words does not give you licence to twist the facts on the ground, or make conclusions that simply do not follow. Nobody cares about WHAT you think will happen so long as you fail to explain WHY. At this point you might as well predict that the sky will fall, for all the quality of your argument.

I understand the linchpin of your entire tirade is this: "...writers, now are told by the culture that they must beg at the internet portal for their existence...".

If "begging for existence" has been you personal experience, I believe the quality of your writing might have rather more to do with it than the emerging ebook market, which accounts for less than 5 per cent of the total book sales.

Finally, I believe that exploiting the bitter memories of Nazism to give weight to your vacuous rant is insensitive and unethical.
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