Love it or hate it — that Amazon.com electronic device to make reading oh so much more 21st century appears to be catching on in popularity. OK, you give up the feel and smell of a real book — pretty much the soul of the book, but hey you can download a book to this handy-dandy little computer thing in a matter of minutes without ever having to leave your house to browse a real bookstore and find what you’re craving to read next…heck, you don’t even have to wait until Fed Ex shows up a few days later with the box of books you ordered…you just get it on a little computer screen. I read the query of an independent book store owner asking how to order Kindles for customers — nope, only Jeff Bezo’s company sells them. It’s not for me, but I guess we live in the times of George Jetson and nothing is going to take us back.
Here’s what Paul Krugman has to say about in The New York Times.
