Kindle may have a grand vision of people buried in their plastic boxes for hours on end absorbing the 90,000 books Amazon.com has made available so far on the world's newest e-book product. I do not.
Staring at a blinking screen doesn't ruin the eyes, apparently. All it does is give out headaches. Nobody has gone blind that we know of because of reading too much text on the screen.
Still, screens are slower and less efficient than reading from sheets of paper. And working with complicated formulas or illustrations is next to impossible on a 6-inch screen.
Bur they're so convenient!
Truth be told, I'm fascinated by e-books and plan to get involved in some aspect of electronic publishing soon. But I hope the wonderful books available in paper and ink today never go away. They're treasures on my bookshelves, works of art in their own way.
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