One blogger, who is actually an early adopter and booster of ebooks, talks [below] about what he says is the right way to be an
e-book skeptic, noting:
Quote:
"Not so coincidentally, the guy [Tom Campbell] behind The E-book Skeptic site is
co-owner of The Regulator Bookshop in Durham, North Carolina. He makes some great points — citing, for
example, the Kindle fiasco at Princeton University........
[but].....Point is, there’s a big difference between being an Alan
Kaufman — comparing e-books to book-burning — and raising some
reasonable questions. In many ways I’m a skeptic......
.....Encouragingly, albeit a skeptic, Campbell is at least open-minded
enough to point to IndieBound’s eBook offerings. While I don’t agree
with Campbell’s big conclusion — I myself think that e-book tech can
improve comprehension, if you adjust to the needs of individual users
and give them up-to-date hardware which they like — he’s a long way
from a Luddite as you’ll see if you drop by his well-done bookstore
site."
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So I think it's fair to say Tom C. is not really an ebook skeptic, I think he is very interested to learn more about alll this, and just asking some questions. He is part of the Digital Revolution himself.