tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495652757459380191.post1353841519360481591..comments2024-02-21T05:36:00.251-08:00Comments on paper over board: Public Reading/Digital Readingjohn eklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781496172985854512noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495652757459380191.post-48757400479174542682010-04-02T19:24:47.493-07:002010-04-02T19:24:47.493-07:00This reminded me of a favorite New Yorker cover (s...This reminded me of a favorite New Yorker cover (scroll down a bit): http://gothamist.com/2007/10/02/adrian_tomine_c.phpTom Nehrbassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495652757459380191.post-61029129939128271882010-03-06T16:43:14.184-08:002010-03-06T16:43:14.184-08:00Exactly, John. With digital reading, we lose the m...Exactly, John. With digital reading, we lose the many connections that just seeing a cover can bring. We lose a sense of what others are reading - three people with Harry Potter, one with the new Jodi Picoult, one with Howard Zinn, one with Sarah Palin (sadly). We pick up so much information from what we see peripherally - hmmm, gray denim this year, shorter hair, not so many Hummers, not so many smokers, lotta iPods. It's horrible to lose that knowledge about books, or newspapers and magazines.marilyn dahlnoreply@blogger.com