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Ugh...what an interview! There were so many things wrong with Alexie's arguments, you could write a whole ebook about them. I wonder if he believes what he says or is just playing the role of Luddite for the publicity.
Colbert made one quip, meant to be anti ebook: "You can't burn a Kindle". But I think that is one of the great things about the new technology - books can no longer be destroyed or suppressed. Once an ebook is on the internet, it will multiply into many copies and be archived on computers all over the world. No government or lawyer will be able to 'burn' it.
I am sure Alexie's books will appear on the internet as ebooks - whether he wants them to or not. Long after he is gone and forgotten and his paper books are out of print and unavailable, electronic versions will be scattered around the world, never to become extinct.
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