Yes.. and Madness Democracy
The K2 is a wonderfully useful toy. I originally bought it so that I could read the love-and-war novel I had published on Kindle, A Dream of Heaven by Michael FitzGordon. However, I found that I could download numerous popular classics for free! One can be a walking library with thousands of books at one’s fingertips. The first few times I downloaded books I thought it wasn’t working, and then I realized that it was so fast that it had already completed the download! I’m a geek and lover of words, and I like to look things up. A dictionary and Wikipedia are at my fingertips wherever I am. It is true that paper books are wonderfully hardy, and one can beat them up and neglect them. However, the reading experience on a Kindle is unquestionably superior, and the wave of the future, because one can adjust the fonts and make bookmarks and notes. No more squinting at tiny fonts. One’s place is automatically saved, which doesn’t happen with a paper book. You can in no way easily search a paper book for terms. K2 will even read the book to you aloud! All the luddites are proclaiming their love for old-fashioned paper books. I love old-fashioned paper books too. But the truth is that a good e-reader like the K2 is a much more pleasant experience in ways that paper books cannot even touch! I still have a few candles in my home, but I use electric lights almost 100% of the time. Paper books will soon be like candles. Yes, you will have a few in your home, but you will almost never use them.
Madness and Democracy