E-Books

I love reading books. I love having lots of bookshelves - and piles of books all over our house. I like to finish a good book and then post it to someone I like.

I hate computer screens. I have to stare at one all day - and then I often get home and stare for even longer - writing blogs, selling things on Ebay, buying last minute presents for people, booking train tickets. Computers, and the internet, make life slightly more efficient - sometimes - but there are some things that cannot be replaced by computers.

And books are one such thing.

A while back someone (who I don't even know that well) decided it would be funny to try and wind me up by banging on about how amazing the Kindle is. It worked a little bit - but it mostly reaffirmed what an idiot that person is. The only reason that person knows about Kindles is because that person loves technology. That person has probably never read a book in their life.

I am anti-Kindle simply because I like to hold a physical book in my hands when I read. Likewise - I buy a print newspaper and will only very occasionally read the Guardian online. However, I've just read another argument for print over online - written by author Jonathon Franzen for the Guardian. Read it here.

I hope that the next generation don't disregard books. It's no good expecting a computer to replace the arts.