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Mar 15, 2010 3:40 AM EDT

Interesting, as usual. So where do you stand on the Kindle? I still much prefer reading "real" books.

- Marc Gunther

Mar 15, 2010 5:56 AM EDT

Marc--I know several people who own a Kindle or other reading tool (for want of a better word) and are totally hooked on them. One person has severe vision problems and is happy that he can adjust the pages so that he can read the text. Others like the availability of so many books at the touch of a screen. For me, however, there is nothing like opening a real book for the first time and falling into a story printed on the page. Or, better yet, opening a book that has been loved and read over and over (by myself or others), one that is dog-eared or with marginal notes made by a stranger or has an inscription to someone who is long dead but remembered in some shaky script. I have many old, old books that I treasure. I can't see how someone a hundred years from now will pick up an (by then) archaic Kindle, tap the screen (that will no longer work due to new technology), and see nothing but blankness. There will be new technology, of course, and readers will flock to the next big thing. But even if they are only treasured as antiques, printed books will still be around. In my opinion, there is just something visceral about holding someone's thoughts or ideas in that combination of ink and paper in one's hand that can't be equaled by a computerized screen.

- Christina Lovin

Mar 10, 2010 2:59 PM EST

Very nice combination of your life and Sandburg's! The best of luck and learning during your time there, hun.

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