Jason Merkoski Quotes

#1. You and I both worry about what it means to put our personal libraries onto one gadget and then what would happen if we dropped it in the bathtub ...

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#2. Digital books are in some ways hastening the lazy, solipsistic narcissism of our culture. We use our gadgets as proxies for other people and genuine human interaction. And yes, I think that's bad.

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#3. The Kindle itself is just the tip of the iceberg, and its true workings are invisible.

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#4. Just as we are what we eat, we are what we read.

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#5. Being a digital native may have long-term consequences related to learning how to read.

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#6. You don't see people getting pulled over by the police for reading ebooks on their smartphones.

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#7. Ours is a culture that dances on the edge of ephemerality. If our servers slept for too long or if we left our iPads unplugged for too long, we'd wake up like Rip Van Winkle to find all of our book culture erased.

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#8. Dedicated ereaders are as sharp as steak knives in doing what they're supposed to do, which is let you read books. The iPad is more like a Swiss Army knife
it can cut the steak and uncork a wine bottle, and there's even a toothpick to use when you're done eating! It's got it all.

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#9. You are like me, you have more books than you have friends, no matter what Facebook tells you about your social network.

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#10. 33 percent of high school graduates who don't go on to college never read another book for the rest of their lives, and 42 percent of college graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. Sadly, 80 percent of U.S. families didn't buy or read any books last year.

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#11. Unboxing is a new voyeuristic phenomenon that's erotic and technical at the same time.

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#12. Amazon is winning the ebook revolution, but it may lose the war.

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#13. Digital books, like television and other media, are best meant for those Pandoras who've already opened their boxes and know what demons to expect inside.

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