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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
When I read a book, I want to curl up and lose myself in the book. I don't want to carry on some sort of ersatz communication with 10,000 random strangers. Nor do I want to be influenced by what 10,000 weenies think is the "important" part of the book -- I'm smart enough to figure that out for myself. I don't want to watch embedded video, I don't want to be distracted by surfing off to read further information, I don't want audio commentary on it, I don't want author interviews. I don't want any of that. I just want to Read. My. Book.
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Has this generation gotten so far away from the core concept of reading (or, for that matter, of doing anything as an individual instead part of a swarm?) that they can't even just sit down and read a book?
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Amen to this. I like the idea of a dedicated e reader. I have other electronic equipment if I wanted to be assaulted by other annoying, unwanted stuff. Think it's more that this generation that has gotten away from recreational reading. There are lots of people around that resent that there are readers out there who just want to read and are trying to stop it.