"Still, at some level, digital readers seem more a regression than a sign of progress. I’m reminded of the scene in Little Women when Jo is craving a new novel, but it’s too pricey for her meager budget. Books were expensive then, prohibitively so for many. At $299, Kindles are expensive now. We built public libraries to make reading affordable for everyone. But any time we require new devices in order to read, we are creating barriers to learning and literature, not eliminating them." Alison Lobron, September 27, 2009 Boston Globe Magazine.
Read Alison Lobron's article in the Sunday Globe Magazine, "My Kindle Quandary". It certainly sums it up for me. Re-read my article in the Daily News Transcript, March 19, 2009, "Animal, Vegetable, Kindle?"
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