Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Books on screen

Amazon reported that the Kindle was the top-selling electronic device of 2008, according to an article in Information Week. The Kindle allows users to download electronic texts of books onto a machine about the size of a paperback, and the device can hold thousands of texts.

I'm intrigued by the Kindle and would like to use it or its competition, the Sony Reader, just to see what it is like. But I can't imagine I will ever want to give up hard copies of books for it. I often read to relax, and I don't see how staring at a screen will help me relax after work where I have spent eight hours staring at a screen.

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