While I applaud their courage to make a bold move and embrace some of the newly-available technology, I don't quite understand why it has to be an either-or situation. I do think that certain types of non-fiction information may be best found online, and there is a lot of value in providing access to fiction that rarely moves off the shelf, a lot is being lost here too. What you need is the right tool for the right job, and sometimes a print book is the right tool, sometimes it's a laptop, maybe sometimes it's a Kindle or iTouch or a photocopied page. Readers seem to agree, because as of 9am there were already nearly 100 comments posted.
Just because something's on a computer doesn't make it better - nor is it necessarily better because it's in print.
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