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Several years ago on this blog I presented an argument against e-books , vowing that I would never use them. But during this pandemic, e-boo...

1. Last night I rode the Metro to D.C. for the first time in many months. What struck me most was that every passenger was looking at and ta...

I admit that I've been pretty disdainful of eBooks in most past posts on this blog. But last weekend, I felt a glimmer of desire for on...

Fun, whimsical video of what goes on in a bookstore in the after-hours.

Yesterday I scavenged through a dead woman's bookshelves. Although I don't know her name, or anything about her except that she was ...

In a recent post, I gave my five arguments about why (some) books should continue on paper. But the reality is that the non-virtual books ...

Surprisingly, many writers I know are starting to embrace e-book technology. They cite their portability —parents can load up a bunch of ki...

At a PTA meeting I went to a couple of nights ago, some parents argued that, for ecological reasons, the PTA newsletter should no longer be ...

I am not going to buy a Kindle. Not even if print newspapers disappear and "print" news is available only on such a device. Not ev...