Did you notice the little girl reading the kindle on amazon? What I wonder about...

lpolovets · on Dec 30, 2011

To play devil's advocate, should the format matter? It seems like the content is the most important thing.

People say, "don't just a book by its cover." Shouldn't that apply to a book's format as well?

estevez · on Dec 30, 2011

My reaction to your question might be telling:

  1. I dimly remember that The Shallows had something thoughtful to say about the topic;
  2. I pull out my kindle and search the full text of 443 books for "carr kindle";
  3. I wait 3 seconds;
  4. I re-read Carr's take and mull it over.

Perhaps not fundamentally different from looking it up in the index, but it certainly feels so.