We all know that when computers were becoming more mainstream that there was a promise of a paperless society - computers would free us from the burden of the endless pieces of paper piling up on our desks.
We all know that this never happened.
In class the other day the topic of e-books came up very briefly. We talked about the generation gap. Sure, we people like myself and those with more life experience all enjoy the tactile nature of a book bound in paper.
But what about the people being born right now? They basically get a free ipod just for being born. Who is to say that they will not embrace the e-books just as we have all embraced computers, ipods and cell phones?
A writer for the New York Times wrote a short article about her first experiences with an e-book reader - you can read that here.
I don't feel as though I will ever give up my paper books, but who knows - stranger things have happened.
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