Boy, that guy was annoying. I really wanted Colbert to point out that there are other ways to acquire and read books besides "your local bookseller". Has the guy ever heard of "lending libraries?"
I think Colbert just didn't really have a dog in the ebook fight so didn't really push back. He probably doesn't know enough to have a position either way. And I guess I really don't know why the author was on an anti-ebook tear since as far as I could tell, his book (and other books have nothing to do with ebooks or technology etc).
And the paranoia part was just plain silly. I could have sworn that there was something in the patriot act or some other act that allowed the feds to track our reading materials -- particularly through libraries and book sales. Or am I the paranoid one?
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