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roseprintglass (roseprintglass) wrote in booju_newju,

FDF:ebooks!

Inspired by the fifty shades of grey post! Aight, so I know ebooks are very popular these days, but I know I'm not the only one who doesn't like them. Here's an article which contains five popular authors today who dislike ebooks: http://techland.time.com/2012/01/31/5-famous-writers-who-loathe-e-books/slide/sherman-alexie/#jonathan-franzen

It semms some of the main arguments they make against them concern piracy, aesthetics, and fears of the death of the independent bookstore. Maurice Sendak put his objections succintly as "Fuck them."

However, one could make the argument that ebooks increase availability of a wider variety of books, and perhaps save trees. So, what say you booj? Yay or nay on the ebooks?! And why?

...I'm with Maurice Sendak, for the record, but I'm a snob.
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