Just in case you missed this little piece in today’s NYT business section, it was reported that some people are bringing their Kindles to readings to be autographed. David Sedaris signed one device thus, “To Marty — This bespells doom.” Sedaris also pointed out that he was once asked to sign a woman’s artificial leg. I noted in an earlier post that a pregnant woman asked Heather Armstrong (Dooce.com) to sign her belly. And when I was growing up, my fifteen year old neighbor got her butt signed by Bob Weir. Talk about a coup.
I test drove a Kindle for a week. For me, not useful because I always take notes on my manuscripts. And I still like the so-called integrity of the page. And the page itself. But I was against microwaves, cable tv, running shoes, Post-its, phone answering machines, cell phones, blackberries, etc. I’m not a Luddite, I just hate change. So much so that I’d still rather lug around seven pounds of manuscripts and see forests felled than carry around a device. Well, a reading device.
Anybody out there loving their Kindle?
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Betsy Lerner 
I loved my Kindle, til I put it away for awhile to get caught up on my magazine subscriptions. I tried to go back to it and a third of the screen is blank! What the hell, I didn’t drop it or anything! I wrote such a nice article about the Kindle, too.
I saw a ref to your blog on Colleen Lindsay’s twitter. Starting with the post on the poem that dropped out of a book and on to this one, I am now completely addicted. I keep reading posts to my husband and roaring. I, too, would prefer to curl up with a page (there’s a pun lurking in there) than a glowing piece of plastic.
Thank you!
I’d prefer to curl up with Keanu Reeves.
i’ve been reading your blog backwards and it’s been a lark.
i hate change, too.